Azoospermia and segmentation abnormalities of the cervicothoracic spine ('MURCS in the male')

Clinical Dysmorphology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 59-60

  Meschede, D ^a,b,c,d   Kliesch, S ^a,b,c,d   Horst, J ^a,b,c,d   Nieschlag, E ^a,b,c,d  

^a Institute of Human Genetics

^b Department of Urology ^*

^c INST OF REPRO MED OF THE UNIV   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Azoospermin; Male infertility; MURCS association; Spinal abnormalities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; EMBRYO SEGMENTATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY AGENESIS; KIDNEY MALFORMATION; KLIPPEL FEIL SYNDROME; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE MALFORMATION; THORACIC SPINE;

EID: 0031975115     PISSN: 09628827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019605-199801000-00011     Document Type: Article

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