Incidence of AZF (azoospermia factor) deletions and familial forms of infertility among patients requiting intracytoplasmic spermatozoa injection (ICSI)

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 593-595

  Selva, J ^a   Kanafani, S ^a   Prigent, Y ^a   Poncet, V ^a   Bergere M ^a  

^a BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Genetic cause; Male infertility; Molecular biology; Y chromosome deletion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUTOSOMAL INHERITANCE; AZOOSPERMIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EJACULATION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Y CHROMOSOME;

CHROMOSOME DELETION; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MUTATION; OLIGOSPERMIA; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOZOA; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0031469934     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022532718641     Document Type: Conference Paper

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