Prognostic value of Y deletion analysis: The role of current methods

Human Reproduction

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1543-1547

  Foresta, C ^a   Moro, E ^a   Ferlin, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Azoospermia; ICSI; Pathogenesis; TESE; Y chromosome deletions

Indexed keywords

ANDROLOGY; AZOOSPERMIA; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME DELETION Y; CHROMOSOME YQ; DISEASE SEVERITY; EJACULATION; GENETIC DAMAGE; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS;

EID: 0034889045     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/16.8.1543     Document Type: Review

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