Prospective study of MTHFR genetic polymorphisms as a possible etiology of male infertility

Genetics and Molecular Research

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 6367-6374

  Li, S S ^a   Li, J ^a   Xiao, Z ^b   Ren, A G ^c   Jin, L ^c  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DALIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Gene polymorphism; Male infertility; Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase; Prospective study

Indexed keywords

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

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FOLLOW UP; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MEDICAL HISTORY; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE GENE; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; ADULT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HOMOZYGOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); ODDS RATIO; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84925525217     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16765680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4238/2014.March.24.26     Document Type: Article

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