Case Report: High fertilization rate in conventional in-vitro fertilization utilizing spermatozoa from an oligozoospermic subject presenting microdeletions of the Y chromosome long arm

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 473-476

  Rossato, M ^a   Ferlin, A ^a   Garolla, A ^a   Pistorello, M ^a   Foresta, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Case report; Infertility; IVF; Oligozoospermia; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME DELETION Y; CHROMOSOME YQ; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM;

ADULT; CHROMOSOME DELETION; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; SEX CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; SPERMATOZOA; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0031746185     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/4.5.473     Document Type: Article

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