Analysis of Yq microdeletions in infertile males by PCR and DNA hybridization techniques

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1116-1121

  Grimaldi, Paola ^a   Scarponi, Claudia ^a   Rossi, Pellegrino ^a   March, Massimiliano Rocchietti ^b   Fabbri, Andrea ^b   Isidori, Aldo ^b   Spera, Giovanni ^b   Krausz, Csilla ^c   Geremia, Raffaele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

AZF; Male infertility; Microdeletions; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CELL MATURATION; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA PROBE; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; SPERMATOGENESIS; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0031743786     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/4.12.1116     Document Type: Article

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