Submicroscopic deletions in the Y chromosome of infertile men

Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1635-1641

  Girardi, Sarah K ^a   Mielnik, Anna ^b   Schlegel, Peter N ^a,b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetics; Male infertility; Microdeletion; Spermatogenesis; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CHROMOSOME ARM; CHROMOSOME DELETION Y; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MEIOSIS; OLIGOSPERMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; TESTIS SIZE; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0030883296     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/12.8.1635     Document Type: Article

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