Transmission of a Y chromosomal deletion involving the deleted in azoospermia (DAZ) and chromodomain (CDY1) genes from father to son through intracytoplasmic sperm injection

Human Reproduction

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2320-2322

  Kamischke, A ^a   Gromoll, J ^a   Simoni, M ^a   Behre, H M ^b   Nieschlag, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

CDYa; DAZ; ICSI; Microdeletions; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME DELETION Y; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0032835579     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/14.9.2320     Document Type: Article

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