HLA-DPB104:01 allele is associated with non-obstructive azoospermia in Japanese patients

Human Genetics

Volumn 132, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1405-1411

  Jinam, Timothy A ^a   Nakaoka, Hirofumi ^a   Hosomichi, Kazuyoshi ^a   Mitsunaga, Shigeki ^b   Okada, Hiroyuki ^c   Tanaka, Atsushi ^d   Tanaka, Kenichi ^e   Inoue, Ituro ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Jyoetsu General Hospital   (Japan)

^d Saint Mother Hospital   (Japan)

^e NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA C ANTIGEN; HLA DPB1 ANTIGEN; HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN; HLA DRB1 ANTIGEN; HLA DP ANTIGEN; HLA DPB1*04:01 ANTIGEN; HLA-DPB1*04:01 ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON OBSTRUCTIVE AZOOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ASIAN; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP;

ALLELES; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AZOOSPERMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HLA-DP BETA-CHAINS; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84889265005     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: 14321203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-013-1347-7     Document Type: Article

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