Male infertility: Y-chromosome deletion and testicular aetiology in cases of azoo-/oligospermia

Indian Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1088-1092

  Singh, Kiran ^a   Raman, Rajiva ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Azoospermia factor (AZF); Infertility; Male infertility; Y microdeletion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CHROMOSOME DELETION; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; PATHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERTOLI CELL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TESTIS; Y CHROMOSOME;

BIOPSY; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERTOLI CELLS; TESTIS;

EID: 27644483905     PISSN: 00195189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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