Evaluation of meiotic impairment of azoospermic men by fluorescence in situ hybridization

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 228-233

  Yogev, Leah ^a   Gamzu, Ronni ^a   Kleiman, Sandra ^a   Botchan, Amnon ^a   Hauser, Ron ^a   Yavetz, Haim ^a  

^a LIS MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Azoospermia; Chromosome pairing; Fluorescence in situ hybridization; Spermatocyte

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS BIOPSY; Y CHROMOSOME;

ADULT; CHROMOSOME DELETION; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MEIOSIS; OLIGOSPERMIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0034254490     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(00)00634-8     Document Type: Article

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