Detection of azoospermic factor genes in Chinese men with azoospermia or severe oligozoospermia

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 259-262

  Chang, Shiuh Young ^a,b   Tsai, Meng Yin ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

AZF; Azoospermia; DAZ; Oligozoospermia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CHINESE; CHROMOSOME YQ; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EXONS; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; OLIGOSPERMIA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0344483882     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020367513161     Document Type: Article

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