Microdeletion of the DAZ (deleted in azoospermia) gene or the YRRM (Y chromosome ribonucleic acid recognition motif) gene does not occur in patients with Klinefelter's syndrome with and without spermatogenesis

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 746-749

  Tateno, Tadashi ^a   Sasagawa, Isoji ^a   Ichiyanagi, Osamu ^a   Ashida, Junko ^a   Nakada, Teruhiro ^a   Saito, Hidekazu ^a   Hiroi, Masahiko ^a  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

DAZ; Klinefelter's syndrome; Spermatogenesis; YRRM

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN DAZ; PROTEIN YRRF; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOGENESIS; Y CHROMOSOME;

DNA; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SEMEN; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTOSTERONE; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0032982012     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(98)00546-9     Document Type: Article

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