Single-nucleotide polymorphisms in the SEPTIN12 gene may be a genetic risk factor for Japanese patients with Sertoli cell-only syndrome

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 483-487

  Miyakawa, Hiroe ^a   Miyamoto, Toshinobu ^a   Koh, Eitetsu ^b   Tsujimura, Akira ^c   Miyagawa, Yasushi ^c   Saijo, Yasuaki ^a   Namiki, Mikio ^b   Sengoku, Kazuo ^a  

^a ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Azoospermia; SCOS; Septin; SNP

Indexed keywords

SEPTIN; SEPTIN12; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERTOLI CELL ONLY SYNDROME; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AZOOSPERMIA; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK FACTORS; SEPTINS; SERTOLI CELL-ONLY SYNDROME;

EID: 84862562508     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: 19394640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.110.012146     Document Type: Article

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