YqTER deletion causes arrest of spermatogenesis in early puberty

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1675-1678

  Castro, Andrea ^a   Zambrano, Norman ^b   Kaune, Heidy ^a   Madariaga, Marcia ^a   López, Patricia ^a,c   Mericq, Verónica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c HOSPITAL SAN BORJA ARRIARÁN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Arrest of Spermatogenesis; Spermiogenic maturation; Y chromosome deletion

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; PRIMER DNA;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; BLOOD CELL; CASE REPORT; CELL NUCLEUS; CENTROMERE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME DELETION Y; CHROMOSOME YQ; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EUNUCHOIDISM; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; KARYOTYPE 45,X; MALE; MITOSIS INHIBITION; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBERTY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMIOGRAM; TESTIS BIOPSY; TURNER SYNDROME; Y CHROMOSOME; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; CHILD; CHROMOSOME DELETION; GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; HUMANS; MALE; PUBERTY; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 11044233149     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPEM.2004.17.12.1675     Document Type: Article

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