Synergistic effect of follicle-stimulating hormone receptor and androgen receptor gene variants on semen quality

Andrologia

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 339-344

  Lazaros, L ^a   Xita, N ^a   Takenaka, A ^b   Sofikitis, N ^a   Makrydimas, G ^a   Stefos, T ^a   Kosmas, I ^c   Zikopoulos, K ^a   Hatzi, E ^a   Georgiou, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c 'Hatzikosta' Hospital   (Greece)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Follicle stimulating hormone receptor; Male infertility; Semen quality; Sperm motility

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; DNA; FOLLITROPIN RECEPTOR; AR PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEMEN ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ALLELES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RECEPTORS, FSH; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM MOTILITY;

EID: 84883421086     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/and.12021     Document Type: Article

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