Dicentric Y chromosome in an azoospermic male

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 709-712

  Yoshida, Tsumi ^a,c   Nakahori, Yutaka ^b   Kuroki, Yoko ^b   Motoyama, Mitsuhiro ^c   Araki, Yasuhisa ^c   Miura, Kazukiyo ^a   Shirai, Masafumi ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^c Inst Adv Med Technol Ctrl Clin   (Japan)

Author keywords

Azoospermic factor gene; Chromosome abnormalities; Male infertility; Testicular biopsy; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

DAZL PROTEIN, HUMAN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PROTEIN; RBMY1A1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME BANDING PATTERN; CHROMOSOME MAP; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; HUMAN; KARYOTYPING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OLIGOSPERMIA; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; SPERMATOCYTE; TESTIS; Y CHROMOSOME;

ADULT; CHROMOSOME BANDING; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; MALE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; OLIGOSPERMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEINS; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SEX CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; SPERMATOCYTES; TESTIS; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0031196180     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/3.8.709     Document Type: Article

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