Genotype distribution of methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase A1298C and C677T gene in Indonesian infertile men

Medical Journal of Indonesia

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 23-27

  Suryandari, Dwi A ^a   Yurnadi, ^a   Wiweko, Budi ^b   Yunaini, Luluk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

^b CIPTO MANGUNKUSUMO HOSPITAL   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; MTHFR; Spermatogenic arrest

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); FOLIC ACID;

A1298C GENE; ALLOTYPE; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; C677T GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC PARAMETERS; GENOTYPE DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE GENE; OLIGOSPERMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 85008889066     PISSN: 08531773     EISSN: 22528083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13181/mji.v21i1.470     Document Type: Article

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