Correlations between digit ratio and infertility in Chinese men

Early Human Development

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 865-869

  Lu, Hong ^a,b   Huo, Zheng hao ^a,b   Liu, Yong Jie ^c   Shi, Zhi Yun ^a   Zhao, Jun Li ^a  

^a NINGXIA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Key Laboratory of Reproduction and Genetics in Ningxia   (China)

^c Ningxia Women and Children Health Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Digit ratio; Han nationality; Infertility; Marker

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FINGER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MEASUREMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SPERMATOZOON COUNT;

ADULT; CHINA; FINGERS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; SPERM COUNT;

EID: 84866883000     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: 18726232     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2012.06.007     Document Type: Article

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