Non-obstructive azoospermia and maturation arrest with complex translocation 46,XY t(9;13;14)(p22;q21.2;p13) is consistent with the Luciani-Guo hypothesis of latent aberrant autosomal regions and infertility

Cell and Chromosome

Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Sills, Eric Scott ^a,e   Kim, Joseph Jinsuk ^b   Witt, Michael A ^c   Palermo, Gianpiero D ^d  

^a ATLANTA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; AUTOSOME; AUTOSOME ABERRATION; AZOOSPERMIA; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME DELETION Y; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 13; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 14; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 9; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; KARYOTYPE 46,XY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPERM DONOR; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS BIOPSY; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 27544439454     PISSN: 14759268     EISSN: 14759268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9268-4-2     Document Type: Article

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