Is methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) gene A1298C polymorphism related with varicocele risk?

Andrologia

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 42-46

  Ucar, V B ^a   Nami, B ^a   Acar, H ^a   Kilinc M ^b  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NECMETTIN ERBAKAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

MTHFR 1298; MTHFR 677; Polymorphism; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MTHFR PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; VARICOCELE; ADOLESCENT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; VARICOCELE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920945051     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/and.12229     Document Type: Article

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