A genome-wide DNA methylation study in azoospermia

Andrology

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 815-821

  Ferfouri, F ^a,b   Boitrelle, F ^a,b   Ghout, I ^c   Albert, M ^a,b   Molina Gomes, D ^a,b   Wainer, R ^a,b   Bailly, M ^a,b   Selva, J ^a,b   Vialard, F ^a,b  

^a Department of Reproductive Biology Cytogenetics Gynecology and Obstetrics   (France)

^b INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^c HÔPITAL AMBROISE PARÉ   (France)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Epigenetic; Non obstructive azoospermia; Obstructive azoospermia; Testicular tissue

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; GENOME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSTRUCTIVE AZOOSPERMIA; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON; TESTICULAR SPERM EXTRACTION; TESTIS; TESTIS BIOPSY;

DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETIC; NON-OBSTRUCTIVE AZOOSPERMIA; OBSTRUCTIVE AZOOSPERMIA; TESTICULAR TISSUE;

ADULT; AZOOSPERMIA; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; MALE; SPERM RETRIEVAL; TESTIS;

EID: 84886428401     PISSN: 20472919     EISSN: 20472927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2047-2927.2013.00117.x     Document Type: Article

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