Influence of the XbaI polymorphism in the estrogen receptor-α gene on human spermatogenic defects

Genetics and Molecular Research

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1808-1815

  Meng, J ^a   Mu, X ^b   Wang, Y M ^a  

^a YAN'AN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital of Shaanxi Province   (China)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Estrogen receptor ; Estrogen receptor ; Male infertility; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ER ALPHA GENE; ER BETA GENE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 84878956860     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16765680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4238/2013.June.11.1     Document Type: Article

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