Replication study and meta-analysis of human nonobstructive azoospermia in Japanese populations

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Sato, Youichi ^a   Jinam, Timothy ^b   Iwamoto, Teruaki ^c   Yamauchi, Aiko ^a   Imoto, Issei ^a   Inoue, Ituro ^b,d   Tajima, Atsushi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^c International University of Health and Welfare Hospital   (Japan)

^d TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japanese population; Nonobstructive azoospermia; Replication study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CHINESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFECT SIZE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; META ANALYSIS; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPLICATION STUDY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AZOOSPERMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84877052036     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.112.106377     Document Type: Article

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