Fertility and Sterility
Volume 89, Issue 5 , Pages 1177-1182 , May 2008

Study of azoospermia factor-a deletion caused by homologous recombination between the human endogenous retroviral elements and population-specific alleles in Japanese infertile males

  • Jin Choi, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Integrated Cancer Therapy and Urology, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa, Japan
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  • Eitetsu Koh, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Integrated Cancer Therapy and Urology, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Eitetsu Koh, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Integrated Cancer Therapy and Urology, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Science, 13-1 Takara-machi, Kanazawa, 920-8141 Japan (FAX: 81-76-222-6726).
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  • Fotoshi Matsui, M.D.
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  • Kazuhiro Sugimoto, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Integrated Cancer Therapy and Urology, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa, Japan
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  • Hiromi Suzuki, B.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Integrated Cancer Therapy and Urology, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa, Japan
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  • Yuji Maeda, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Integrated Cancer Therapy and Urology, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa, Japan
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  • Atsumi Yoshida, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • The Reproduction Center, Kiba Park Clinic, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Mikio Namiki, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Integrated Cancer Therapy and Urology, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa, Japan

Received 29 January 2007 ,Revised 2 May 2007 ,Accepted 2 May 2007.

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 Supported by the Medical Research Fund of the Kanazawa University Hospital (Kanazawa, Japan).

PII: S0015-0282(07)01144-2

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.05.019

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 89, Issue 5 , Pages 1177-1182 , May 2008

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