Reproductive decisions of men with microdeletions of the Y chromosome: The role of genetic counselling

Human Reproduction

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2166-2169

  Nap, Annemiek W ^d   Van Golde, Ron J T ^d   Tuerlings, Joep H A M ^d   De Sutter, Paul ^d   Pieters, Math H E C ^a   Giltay, Jacques C ^b   Kastrop, Peter M M ^d   Braat, Didi D M ^d   Kremer, Jan A M ^c  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Clinical Genetics Center Utrecht   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction; Genetic counselling; ICSI; Male infertility; Microdeletions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BELGIUM; CHROMOSOME DELETION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; REPRODUCTION; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0032789248     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/14.8.2166     Document Type: Article

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