Idiopathic male infertility is strongly associated with aberrant promoter methylation of methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR).

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Published in PLoS One on November 09, 2010

Authors

Wei Wu1, Ouxi Shen, Yufeng Qin, Xiaobing Niu, Chuncheng Lu, Yankai Xia, Ling Song, Shoulin Wang, Xinru Wang

Author Affiliations

1: Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Institute of Toxicology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.

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