Polymorphisms in folate-metabolizing genes and risk of idiopathic male infertility: A study on a Russian population and a meta-analysis

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Weiner, Alexandra S ^a,b   Boyarskikh, Uljana A ^a   Voronina, Elena N ^a   Tupikin, Alexey E ^a   Korolkova, Olga V ^a   Morozov, Igor V ^a   Filipenko, Maxim L ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY AND FUNDAMENTAL MEDICINE   (Russian Federation)

^b NOVOSIBIRSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Association; folate; idiopathic male infertility; meta analysis; SNP

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; FOLLITROPIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CBS GENE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLATE METABOLISM; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MIDDLE AGED; MTHFD1 GENE; MTHFR GENE; MTR GENE; MTRR GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SHMT1 GENE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891560725     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2013.09.014     Document Type: Article

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