Analyses of meiotic chromosomes in testicular biopsies of infertile patients

Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2154-2158

  Lange, R ^a,c   Krause, W ^b   Engel, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Germ cell degeneration; Male infertility; Maturation arrest; Pairing anomalies; Testicular biopsy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE INFERTILITY; MEIOSIS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX; TESTIS BIOPSY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030814862     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/12.10.2154     Document Type: Article

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