Susceptibility gene for non-obstructive azoospermia in the HLA class II region: Correlations with Y chromosome microdeletion and spermatogenesis

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 37-41

  Takao, Tetsuya ^a   Tsujimura, Akira ^a   Sada, Masaharu ^b   Goto, Rieko ^b   Koga, Minoru ^c   Miyagawa, Yasushi ^a   Matsumiya, Kiyomi ^a   Yamada, Kazuhiko ^b   Takahara, Shiro ^a   Okuyama, Akihiko ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^c Osaka Central Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

AZF; Japanese; Johnsen score; Male infertility; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE DELETION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; TESTIS BIOPSY; Y CHROMOSOME;

CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; HAPLOTYPES; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 10744220315     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0105-6263.2003.00445.x     Document Type: Article

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