Autosomal mutations and human spermatogenic failure

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Basis of Disease

Volumn 1822, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1873-1879

  El Inati, Elias ^a   Muller, Jean ^a,b   Viville, Stéphane ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b HÔPITAL CIVIL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Gene; Genetic causes; Male infertility; Non syndromic; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANEUPLOIDY; ASTHENOSPERMIA; AZOOSPERMIA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN GENETICS; INFERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; OLIGOSPERMIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGENIC FAILURE; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MICE; MODELS, ANIMAL; MUTATION; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 84868496831     PISSN: 09254439     EISSN: 1879260X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2012.07.006     Document Type: Review

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