AZFb deletions predict the absence of spermatozoa with testicular sperm extraction: Preliminary report of a prognostic genetic test

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2812-2815

  Brandell, Roy A ^a,b   Mielnik, Anna ^b   Liotta, Deborah ^a   Ye, Zhen ^a   Veeck, Lucinda L ^a   Palermo, Gianpiero D ^a   Schlegel, Peter N ^a,b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

Azoospermia; Genetics; Male infertility; Micro deletion; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CELL ISOLATION; CHROMOSOME DELETION Y; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; OOCYTE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATID;

EID: 0031728392     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.10.2812     Document Type: Article

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