Current and future genetic screening for male infertility

Urologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 767-792

  Turek, Paul J ^a   Reijo Pera, Renee A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REVIEW;

GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036865853     PISSN: 00940143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-0143(02)00090-3     Document Type: Review

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