Significant Impact of the MTHFR Polymorphisms and Haplotypes on Male Infertility Risk

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Gupta, Nishi ^a   Sarkar, Saumya ^a   David, Archana ^b   Gangwar, Pravin Kumar ^c   Gupta, Richa ^a   Khanna, Gita ^b   Sankhwar, Satya Narayan ^c   Khanna, Anil ^b   Rajender, Singh ^a  

^a CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b IVF Department   (India)

^c KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); ADENINE; CYTOSINE; DNA; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPAIR; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MTHFR GENE; NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); ODDS RATIO; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84880430616     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069180     Document Type: Article

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