Y chromosome microdeletions in infertile men with varicocele

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 161, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 67-71

  Moro, E ^a   Marin, P ^a   Rossi, A ^a   Garolla, A ^a   Ferlin, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Male infertility; Microdeletions; Varicocele; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; TESTIS INJURY; VARICOCELE; Y CHROMOSOME;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; VARICOCELE; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0034732371     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-7207(99)00226-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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