MTHFR 677C>T polymorphism increases the male infertility risk: A meta-analysis involving 26 studies

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Gong, Mancheng ^a   Dong, Wenjing ^a   He, Tingyu ^a   Shi, Zhirong ^b   Huang, Guiying ^a   Ren, Rui ^a   Huang, Sichong ^a   Qiu, Shaopeng ^a   Yuan, Runqiang ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHUHAI PEOPLE S HOSPITAL ZHUHAI HOSPITAL AFFILIATED WITH JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); CYSTEINE; THREONINE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2);

ARTICLE; ASIAN; AZOOSPERMIA; CAUCASIAN; ETHNICITY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; MALE INFERTILITY; MTHFR GENE; OLIGOSPERMIA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ENZYMOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MALE; META ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; PUBLISHING; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPERMATOZOON;

ETHNIC GROUPS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PUBLICATION BIAS; RISK FACTORS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84926025826     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0121147     Document Type: Article

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