A simplified method for the detection of Y chromosome microdeletions in infertile men using a multiplex sequence-tagged site-based amplification

Genetic Testing

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 207-210

  Charpenel, Christine ^b   Guillon, Anne Sophie ^b   Dorson, Olivier ^b   Boucly, Catherine ^b   Mathieu, Bertille ^b   Montagnon, Martine ^b,d   Merlet, Françoise ^e   Van Amerongen, Geneviéve ^b   Pierre Bisson, Jean ^e   De Mazancourt, Philippe ^b,c  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b RAYMOND POINCARÉ HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Hôpital A Paré ^*

^d HÔPITAL AMBROISE PARÉ   (France)

^e CENTRE HOSPITALIER INTERCOMMUNAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE TAGGED SITE; Y CHROMOSOME; AZOOSPERMIA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; RELIABILITY;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; SEQUENCE DELETION; SEQUENCE TAGGED SITES;

DNA FRAGMENT;

EID: 0036757673     PISSN: 10906576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/109065702761403379     Document Type: Article

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