Microdeletions within the azoospermia factor subregions of the Y chromosome in patients with idiopathic azoospermia

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 349-353

  Kim, Soo Woong ^a   Kim, Ki Done ^a   Paick, Jae Seung ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

AZF; Azoospermia; Male infertility; Microdeletion

Indexed keywords

DNA; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE TAGGED SITE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS BIOPSY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; Y CHROMOSOME;

ADULT; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERENCE VALUES; SEQUENCE DELETION; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0033180086     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(99)00255-1     Document Type: Article

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