Somatic and germ cell cytogenetic studies and AZF microdeletion screening in infertile men

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 477-482

  Carrara, Rita de Cássia Viu ^a   Yamasaki, Rui ^a   Mazucatto, Luis F ^a   Veludo, Maria A Llorach ^a   Sartorato, Edi L ^b   Pina Neto, João M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

AZF; Cytogenetics; Male infertility; Meiotic anomalies; Microdeletions

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CHROMOSOME 22P; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME BIVALENT; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOME MOSAICISM; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CHROMOSOME YQ; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC SCREENING; GERM CELL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KARYOTYPING; LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MEIOSIS; MUMPS; ORCHITIS; PATHOGENESIS; ROBERTSONIAN CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; SOMATIC CELL GENETICS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTIS BIOPSY; TESTIS INJURY; VARICOCELE;

EID: 11344268589     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572004000400002     Document Type: Article

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