Altered DNA Methylation Patterns of the H19 Differentially Methylated Region and the DAZL Gene Promoter Are Associated with Defective Human Sperm

• Bo Li ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Bo Li, Jian-bo Li

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tangdu Hospital, the Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China

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• Jian-bo Li ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Bo Li, Jian-bo Li

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tangdu Hospital, the Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China

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• Xi-feng Xiao,

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tangdu Hospital, the Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China

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• Ye-fei Ma,

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tangdu Hospital, the Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China

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• Jun Wang,

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tangdu Hospital, the Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China

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• Xin-xin Liang,

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tangdu Hospital, the Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China

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• Hong-xi Zhao,

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tangdu Hospital, the Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China

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• Feng Jiang,

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tangdu Hospital, the Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China

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• Yuan-qing Yao,

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, General Hospital of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, Peking, China

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• Xiao-hong Wang

  * E-mail: yqyao@126.com (YY); xhwang_1968@126.com (XW)

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tangdu Hospital, the Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China

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