Relationship of SNP of H2BFWT gene to male infertility in a Chinese population with idiopathic spermatogenesis impairment

Biomarkers

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 402-406

  Ying, Hou Qun ^a   Scott, Matthew B ^a   Zhou Cun, A ^a  

^a DALI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

H2BFWT; Male infertility; Single nucleotide polymorphism; Spermatogenesis impairment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; H2BFWT GENE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ADULT; ALLELES; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AZOOSPERMIA; CHINA; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HISTONES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; ODDS RATIO; OLIGOSPERMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 84864587171     PISSN: 1354750X     EISSN: 13665804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/1354750X.2012.677066     Document Type: Article

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