Fertility and Sterility
Volume 94, Issue 5 , Pages 1728-1733 , October 2010

Alterations in sperm DNA methylation patterns at imprinted loci in two classes of infertility

  • Saher Sue Hammoud, B.S.

      Affiliations

    • Andrology and IVF 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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  • Jahnvi Purwar, B.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oncological Sciences, Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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  • Christian Pflueger, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oncological Sciences, Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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  • Bradley R. Cairns, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oncological Sciences, Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
    • Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah
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  • Douglas T. Carrell, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Andrology and IVF 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: 801-581-6127).

Received 8 April 2009 ,Revised 5 August 2009 ,Accepted 8 September 2009.

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 S.S.H. has nothing to disclose. J.P. has nothing to disclose. C.P. has nothing to disclose. B.R.C. has nothing to disclose. D.T.C. has nothing to disclose.

 Saher Sue Hammoud and Jahnvi Purwar contributed equally.

PII: S0015-0282(09)03689-9

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.09.010

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 94, Issue 5 , Pages 1728-1733 , October 2010

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