Y-chromosome microdeletions and male infertility

Annals of Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 261-263

  Bhasin, Shalender ^a   Ma, Kun ^a   De Kretser, David M ^b  

^a CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZOOSPERMIA; EDITORIAL; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; KARYOTYPE; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA BINDING; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0030768523     PISSN: 07853890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07853899708999344     Document Type: Editorial

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