Article
Screening male intracytoplasmic sperm injection candidates for mutations of the follicle stimulating hormone receptor gene.
Human reproduction (Oxford, England) - 1 Aug 1998
Tuerlings J H, Ligtenberg M J, Kremer J A, Siers M, Meuleman E J, Braat D D, Hoefsloot L H, Merkus H M, Brunner H G
Abstract excerpt
Follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) is considered to be essential for spermatogenesis. Therefore, genetic abnormalities of FSH signalling on testicular Sertoli cells would be expected to affect sperm production negatively in males. Inactivating FSH receptor mutations have been reported earlier in...
Topics
- Cytoplasm
- Fertilization in Vitro
- Follicle Stimulating Hormone
- Humans
- Infertility, Male
- Male
- Microinjections
- Mutation
- Oligospermia
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational
