Y chromosome deletions in azoospermic and severely oligozoospermic men undergoing intracytoplasmic sperm injection after testicular sperm extraction

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3332-3337

  Silber, S J ^a   Alagappan, R ^b   Brown, L G ^b   Page, D C ^b  

^a ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

AZFc; Azoospermia; ICSI; TESE; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CHROMOSOME DELETION Y; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA DETERMINATION; EJACULATION; FERTILIZATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIDATION; OLIGOSPERMIA; PREGNANCY RATE; TESTIS BIOPSY;

EID: 0032439219     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.12.3332     Document Type: Article

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