Association of MTHFR C677T and MS A2756G polymorphism with semen quality

Journal of Central South University (Medical Sciences)

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1054-1059

  Liu, Ling ^a,b   Cai, Zhiming ^c   Leng, Huimin ^a,b   Qian, Weiping ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY SHENZHEN HOSPITAL   (China)

^b SHANTOU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Genetic; Methionine synthase; Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase; Polymorphism; Semen quality

Indexed keywords

METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MTHFR PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ALLELE; CHINA; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SEMEN ANALYSIS;

ALLELES; CHINA; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RISK FACTORS; SEMEN ANALYSIS;

EID: 84869815135     PISSN: 16727347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1672-7347.2012.10.015     Document Type: Article

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