Effect of smoking on semen quality, FSH, testosterone level, and CAG repeat length in androgen receptor gene of infertile men in an Indian city

Systems Biology in Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 255-262

  Mitra, Amrita ^a   Chakraborty, Baidyanath ^a   Mukhopadhay, Dyutiman ^b   Pal, Manisha ^b   Mukherjee, Sanjit ^c   Banerjee, Samir ^b   Chaudhuri, Keya ^c  

^a Institute of Reproductive Medicine   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

CAG repeats; DNA integrity; Reproductive hormone; Semen quality; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; DNA; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ADULT; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR GENE; ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; AZOOSPERMIA; CAG REPEAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INDIA; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MORPHOLOGY; OLIGOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE, HUMAN; HUMANS; INDIA; INFERTILITY, MALE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TESTOSTERONE; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84866355951     PISSN: 19396368     EISSN: 19396368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/19396368.2012.684195     Document Type: Article

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