Rate of homologous chromosome bivalents in spermatocytes may predict completion of spermatogenesis in azoospermic men

Human Genetics

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 30-35

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

^a LIS MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AZOOSPERMIA; CHROMOSOME 15; CHROMOSOME 18; CHROMOSOME 9; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME BIVALENT; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MEIOSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTICULAR SPERM EXTRACTION; TESTIS; TESTIS BIOPSY; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

BIOPSY; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOCYTES; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0036461079     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-001-0635-9     Document Type: Article

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