Human live birth and sperm-sex ratios compared

Human Reproduction

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2917-2919

  Graffelman, J ^a   Fugger, E F ^b   Keyvanfar, K ^b   Schulman, J D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b GENETICS AND IVF INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluorescence in situ hybridization; Secondary sex ratio; Sperm sex ratio

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; PATERNAL AGE; SEX RATIO; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0032731079     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/14.11.2917     Document Type: Article

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