Y chromosome microdeletions in infertile men with cryptorchidism

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 79, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2003, Pages 1559-1565

  Kunej, Tanja ^a   Zorn, Branko ^a   Peterlin, Borut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Cryptorchidism; Male infertility; Microdeletion; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANDROLOGY; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME DELETION Y; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; HISTOLOGY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFERTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OLIGOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; TESTIS SIZE; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0038511309     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(03)00375-3     Document Type: Article

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