Successful metaphase chromosome analysis of human elongated spermatids using mouse oocytes

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 784-787

  Araki, Y ^a   Ogawa, S ^b   Ohno, M ^a   Yoshizawa, M ^c   Motoyama, M ^a   Araki, S ^b   Aslam, I ^d   Fishel, S ^d  

^a Inst of Advanced Medical Technology   (Japan)

^b JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Park Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Azoospermia; Chromosome karyotype; Elongated spermatid; G banding; ICSI

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CELL ACTIVATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; KARYOTYPE; MALE; METAPHASE CHROMOSOME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; SURVIVAL RATE; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; MALE; METAPHASE; MICE; MICROINJECTIONS; OOCYTES; SPERMATIDS;

EID: 0032769673     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/5.8.784     Document Type: Article

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