Y chromosome genes and male infertility

Urologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 745-753

  Pagani, Rodrigo ^a   Brugh III, Victor M ^a   Lamb, Dolores J ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; Y CHROMOSOME;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; SEMINAL PLASMA PROTEINS;

EID: 0036867475     PISSN: 00940143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-0143(02)00092-7     Document Type: Review

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