Variants in endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) gene in idiopathic infertile Brazilian men

Gene

Volumn 519, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 13-17

  Bianco, Bianca ^a   Ghirelli Filho, Milton ^a   Cavalheiro, Camila M ^a   Cavalcanti, Viviane ^a   Peluso, Carla ^a   Gava, Marcello M ^a   Glina, Sidney ^a   Christofolini, Denise M ^a   Barbosa, Caio P ^a  

^a FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DO ABC   (Brazil)

Author keywords

ENOS gene; Male infertility; Polymorphism; Sperm count

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; BRAZIL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; AZOOSPERMIA; BRAZIL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; OLIGOSPERMIA; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84875382343     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: 18790038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2013.02.001     Document Type: Article

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