No evidence for uniparental disomy of the sex chromosomes in idiopathic male infertility

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-4

  Meschede, D ^a   Dworniczak, B ^a   Behre, H M ^b   Nieschlag, E ^b   Horst, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b INST OF REPRO MED OF THE UNIV   (Germany)

Author keywords

Male infertility; Sex chromosomes; Uniparental disomy

Indexed keywords

CELL DNA;

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; MARKER GENE; NONHUMAN; OLIGOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; UNIPARENTAL DISOMY;

EID: 0033981339     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/6.1.1     Document Type: Article

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