Screening for microdeletions on the long arm of chromosome Y in 53 infertile men

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 148-154

  Seifer, I ^a,b   Amat, S ^a,b   Delgado Viscogliosi, P ^a   Boucher, D ^b   Bignon, Y J ^a  

^a CENTRE JEAN PERRIN   (France)

^b HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

Author keywords

Chromosome Y; DAZ gene; Infertility; Microdeletion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME DELETION Y; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VARICOCELE;

ADULT; CHROMOSOME DELETION; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0033057449     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2605.1999.00161.x     Document Type: Article

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