Dr. Mengual obtained her PhD at our laboratory in 2003 with the Thesis entitled "Male infertility: causes, genetic risk factors and molecular characterization of the spermatozoa".
She is currently a Researcher at the Genetic and urological tumours research group from IDIBAPS, Barcelona and Associate Professor at our Human Genetics teaching Unit.
The publications derived from her doctoral thesis and other previous collaborative publications with our team are listed below:
Publications
3: Ribal MJ, Mengual L, Marín M, Algaba F, Ars E, Fernández PL, Oliva R, Villavicencio H, Alcaraz A.
Molecular staging of bladder cancer with RT-PCR assay for CK20 in peripheral blood, bone marrow and lymph nodes: comparison with standard histological staging.
Anticancer Res. 2006 Jan-Feb;26(1A):411-9
2: Mengual L, Ballescá JL, Ascaso C, Oliva R.
Marked differences in protamine content and P1/P2 ratios in sperm cells from percoll fractions between patients and controls.
J Androl. 2003 May-Jun;24(3):438-47
1: Mengual L, Oriola J, Ascaso C, Ballescà JL, Oliva R.
An increased CAG repeat length in the androgen receptor gene in azoospermic ICSI candidates.
J Androl. 2003 Mar-Apr;24(2):279-84