Influence of methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase C677T gene polymorphisms in Algerian infertile men with azoospermia or severe oligozoospermia

Genetic Testing and Molecular Biomarkers

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 874-878

  Chellat, Djalila ^a   Rezgoune, Mohamed Larbi ^a   Hamane, Douadi ^b   Semmame, Ouarda ^a   Benlatrèche, Cherifa ^a   Abadi, Noureddine ^a   Satta, Dalila ^a  

^a Universite Mentouri Constantine   (Algeria)

^b Privacy Laboratory of Medical Analysis   (Algeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2);

ADULT; ALGERIA; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OLIGOASTHENOTERATOZOOSPERMIA; OLIGOSPERMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ALGERIA; ALLELES; BASE SEQUENCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA PRIMERS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84865674908     PISSN: 19450265     EISSN: 19450257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/gtmb.2011.0367     Document Type: Article

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