Luteinising hormone β-subunit gene Gly102Ser variant and oxidative stress biomarkers in Egyptian infertile males

Andrologia

Volumn 44, Issue SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages 484-489

  Hashad, D ^a   Mohamed, N ^a   Hashad, M M ^a  

^a ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Gly102Ser variant; LH ; Male infertility; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BETA; SERINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGYPT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC OLIGOZOOSPERMIA; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERM;

BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DNA PRIMERS; EGYPT; GLYCINE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE, BETA SUBUNIT; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SERINE;

EID: 84861510676     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2011.01212.x     Document Type: Article

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