The Y chromosome and male fertility and infertility

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 70-75

  Krausz, Csilla ^a,c   Forti, G ^a   McElreavey, Ken ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c Dept of Clinical Physiopathology ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Fertility; Genetics; Male infertility; Microdeletions; Spermatogenesis; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

AZOOSPERMIA; CHROMOSOME BAND; CHROMOSOME DELETION Y; CHROMOSOME YQ; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HUMAN; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; Y CHROMOSOME;

CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; FERTILITY; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE;

EID: 0037386315     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2605.2003.00402.x     Document Type: Review

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