Microdeletions in the Y chromosome of patients with idiopathic azoospermia

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 111-115

  Shimizu, Akiyuki ^a   Ichikawa, Tomohiko ^a   Suzuki, Noriyuki ^a   Yamazaki, Takako ^a   Imamoto, Takashi ^a   Kojima, Satoko ^a   Naya, Yukio ^a   Komiya, Akira ^a   Suzuki, Hiroyoshi ^a   Nagao, Koichi ^a   Miura, Kazukiyo ^a   Ito, Haruo ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Azoospermia factor; Deleted in azoospermia; Idiopathic azoospermia; Intracytoplasmic sperm injection; Male infertility

Indexed keywords

DNA; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PRIMER DNA; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CHROMOSOME DELETION Y; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE TAGGED SITE; TESTICULAR SPERM EXTRACTION; Y CHROMOSOME; BLOOD; EUCHROMATIN; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; HETEROCHROMATIN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGOSPERMIA;

ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DNA PRIMERS; EUCHROMATIN; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMAN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROLACTIN; SEQUENCE DELETION; SEQUENCE TAGGED SITES; TESTOSTERONE; HUMANS;

EID: 0035987231     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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