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Mutations in the human BOULE gene are not a major cause of impaired spermatogenesis.

Westerveld GH, Repping S, Leschot NJ, van der Veen F, Lombardi MP

Center for Reproductive Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Academic Medical Center, Meibergdreef 9, H4-205, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands. g.h.westerveld@amc.uva.nl

Mutation screening of the BOULE gene in 156 men with azoospermia or severe oligozoospermia revealed no relevant mutations; thus, mutations in BOULE can be eliminated as a major cause of impaired spermatogenesis.

Published 11 February 2005 in Fertil Steril, 83(2): 513-5.
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