Human olfactory sensitivity for bourgeonal and male infertility: A preliminary investigation

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 270, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3079-3086

  Ottaviano, G ^a   Zuccarello, D ^a   Menegazzo, M ^a   Perilli, L ^a   Marioni, G ^a   Frigo, A C ^a   Staffieri, A ^a   Foresta, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bourgeonal; Male infertility; Olfactory threshold; OR1D2; Single nucleotide polymorphisms; Sperm migration

Indexed keywords

BOURGEONAL; ALDEHYDE; OR1D2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SEMINAL PLASMA PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; OLFACTORY THRESHOLD; OR1D2 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION; ALLELE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMOTAXIS; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMELLING; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ADULT; ALDEHYDES; ALLELES; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHEMOTAXIS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, ODORANT; SEMINAL PLASMA PROTEINS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84907947842     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: 14344726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-013-2441-0     Document Type: Article

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