Screening for deletions of the Y chromosome involving the DAZ (Deleted in AZoospermia) gene in azoospermia and severe oligozoospermia

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 542-547

  Simoni, Manuela ^a   Gromoll, Jörg ^a   Dworniczak, Bernd ^b   Rolf, Claus ^a   Abshagen, Katrin ^a   Kamischke, Axel ^a   Carani, Cesare ^b,c   Meschede, Dieter ^b   Behre, Hermann M ^a   Horst, Jürgen ^b   Nieschlag, Eberhard ^a,d  

^a Institute of Reproductive Medicine of the University   (Germany)

^b Institute of Human Genetics of the University   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^d INST OF REPRO MED OF THE UNIV   (Germany)

Author keywords

AZF; Azoospermia; DAZ; male infertility; oligozoospermia

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0031024316     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(97)80083-0     Document Type: Article

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