Y Chromosome Deletions in Azoospermic Men in India

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 588-597

  Thangaraj, Kumarasamy ^a   Gupta, Nalini J ^b   Pavani, Kadupu ^a   Reddy, Alla G ^a   Subramainan, Subbaya ^a   Rani, Deepa Selvi ^a   Ghosh, Bibaswan ^b   Chakravarty, Baidyanath ^b   Singh, Lalji ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

^b Institute of Reproductive Medicine   (India)

Author keywords

Male infertility; Repeat sequence; STS markers

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZFA GENE; AZFB GENE; AZFC GENE; AZOOSPERMIA; CHROMOSOME DELETION Y; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GERM CELL; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INDIAN OCEAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROVIRUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE TAGGED SITE; SERTOLI CELL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0141517817     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1939-4640.2003.tb02710.x     Document Type: Article

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