Open AccessAn Association Study between Longitudinal Changes of Leukocyte Telomere and the Risk of Azoospermia in a Population of Iranian Infertile Men
Author(s) -
Hamed Heidary,
Farkhondeh Pouresmaeili,
Reza Mirfakhraie,
Mir Davood Omrani,
Hamid Ghaedi,
Zahra Fazeli,
Shadi Sayban,
Soudeh GhafouriFard,
Eznollah Azargashb,
Fazlollah Shokri
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
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Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.519
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 2008-823X
pISSN - 1028-852X
DOI - 10.22034/ibj.22.4.231
Subject(s) - telomere , azoospermia , andrology , infertility , obstructive azoospermia , biology , male infertility , peripheral blood , population , gynecology , medicine , genetics , gene , immunology , pregnancy , environmental health
Telomeres are evolutionary, specialized terminal structures at the ends of eukaryotic chromosomes containing TTAGGG repeats in human. Several human diseases have been known to be associated with dramatic changes in telomere length. The aim of the present study was to assess the correlation between the relative leukocyte telomere length (LTL) and infertility in a group of Iranian azoospermic males.