Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 4 , Pages 1090-1095 , April 2009

Sequence alterations in the YBX2 gene are associated with male factor infertility

  • Sue Hammoud, B.S.

      Affiliations

    • Andrology and In Vitro Fertilization Laboratories, Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
    • Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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  • Benjamin R. Emery, B.S.

      Affiliations

    • Andrology and In Vitro Fertilization Laboratories, Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
    • Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
    • ,
  • Diane Dunn, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Human Genetics, School of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
    • ,
  • Robert B. Weiss, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Human Genetics, School of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
    • ,
  • Douglas T. Carrell, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Andrology and In Vitro Fertilization Laboratories, Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
    • Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Douglas T. Carrell, Ph.D., University of Utah IVF and Andrology Laboratories, 675 Arapeen Drive, Suite 205, Salt Lake City, UT 84108. (FAX: 1-801-581-6127).

Received 3 October 2007 ,Revised 2 January 2008 ,Accepted 3 January 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.01.009

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 4 , Pages 1090-1095 , April 2009

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