Unique t(Y;1)(q12;q12) reciprocal translocation with loss of the heterochromatic region of chromosome 1 in a male with azoospermia due to meiotic arrest: A case report

Human Reproduction

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 689-696

  Pinho, Maria João ^a   Neves, Rui ^a   Costa, Paula ^a   Ferrás, Cristina ^a   Sousa, Mário ^a,b   Alves, Cláudia ^a   Almeida, Carolina ^a   Fernandes, Susana ^a   Silva, Joaquina ^b   Ferrás, Luís ^b   Barros, Alberto ^a,b  

^a University of Porto   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; AZF; DAZ; Meiosis I arrest; t(Y; 1)(q12; q12) de novo balanced reciprocal translocation; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

4',6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CASE REPORT; CELL CULTURE; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME 1Q; CHROMOSOME HIGH RESOLUTION BANDING ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CHROMOSOME XP; CHROMOSOME YP; CHROMOSOME YQ; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE LOCUS; GERM CELL; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMAN; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MEIOSIS; METAPHASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECIPROCAL CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE TAGGED SITE; SERTOLI CELL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPERMATOCYTE; SRY GENE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 20144384245     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deh653     Document Type: Article

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