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Genetic male infertility and mutation of CATSPER ion channels.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Nov 2010
Hildebrand Michael S, Avenarius Matthew R, Fellous Marc, Zhang Yuzhou, Meyer Nicole C, Auer Jana, Serres Catherine, Kahrizi Kimia, Najmabadi Hossein, Beckmann Jacques S, Smith Richard J H
Abstract excerpt
A clinically significant proportion of couples experience difficulty in conceiving a child. In about half of these cases male infertility is the cause and often genetic factors are involved. Despite advances in clinical diagnostics ∼50% of male infertility cases remain idiopathic. Based on this, further analysis of infertile males is required to identify new genetic factors involved in male infertility. This...
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