An association study of HFE gene mutation with idiopathic male infertility in the Chinese Han population

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 599-603

  Yu, Xiao Ying ^a   Wang, Bin Bin ^b,c   Xin, Zhong Cheng ^d   Liu, Tao ^a   Ma, Ke ^a   Jiang, Jian ^a   Fang, Xiang ^a   Yu, Li Hua ^a   Peng, Yi Feng ^a   Ma, Xu ^b,c,e  

^a WANNAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR FAMILY PLANNING   (China)

^c PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

gene mutation; gonadotropic hormone; HFE; male infertility

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; AZOOSPERMIA; CHINESE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HEMOCHROMATOSIS GENE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASTHENOZOOSPERMIA; AZOOSPERMIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHINA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HETEROZYGOTE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTATION; ODDS RATIO; OLIGOSPERMIA; TESTOSTERONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863670960     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/aja.2012.1     Document Type: Article

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