Lack of association between Y chromosome haplogroups and male infertility in Japanese men

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 152-158

  Carvalho, Cláudia M B ^a   Fujisawa, Masato ^b   Shirakawa, Toshiro ^b   Gotoh, Akinobu ^b   Kamidono, Sadao ^b   Paulo, Tatiana Freitas ^c   Santos, Sidney E B ^c   Rocha, Juliane ^a   Pena, Sérgio D J ^a   Santos, Fabrício R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Haplotypes; Human male infertility; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0037438451     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.10827     Document Type: Article

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