Absence of microdeletions in the Y chromosome in patients with a history of cryptorchidism and azoospermia or oligospermia

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 697-700

  Fagerli, Julian ^a   Schneck, Francis X ^a   Lee, Peter A ^a   Bellinger, Mark F ^a   Witchel, Selma F ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptorchidism; Infertility; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CHROMOSOME DELETION Y; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE TAGGED SITE;

CRYPTORCHIDISM; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0033058527     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(98)00535-4     Document Type: Article

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