Three-generation evaluation of Y-chromosome microdeletion

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 394-396

  Kleiman, Sandra E ^a   Yogev, Leah ^b   Gamzu, Ronni ^b   Hauser, Ron ^b   Botchan, Amnon ^b   Paz, Gedalia ^b   Lessing, Joseph B ^b   Yaron, Y ^b   Yavetz, Haim ^b  

^a LIS MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Azoospermia; DAZ; Deletion; Infertility; Inherited microdeletion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CHROMOSOME DELETION Y; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON;

EID: 0033001433     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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