GR/GR deletions within the azoospermia factor c region on the Y chromosome might not be associated with spermatogenic failure

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 229-231

  Ravel, Celia ^a,b   Chantot Bastaraud, Sandra ^a,b   El Houate, Brahim ^a,c   Mandelbaum, Jacqueline ^b   Siffroi, Jean Pierre ^b   McElreavey, Ken ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c Institut Pasteur du Maroc   (Morocco)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZOOSPERMIA FACTOR A; AZOOSPERMIA FACTOR B; AZOOSPERMIA FACTOR C; BASIC PROTEIN; CHROMOSOME PROTEIN; PROTEIN BASIC PROTEIN ON Y CHROMOSOME 2; PROTEIN CDY1ALPHA; PROTEIN CDY1BETA; SEMINAL PLASMA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CHROMOSOME DELETION Y; CHROMOSOME MARKER; CHROMOSOME POLYMORPHISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE TAGGED SITE; SPERMATOGENESIS; Y CHROMOSOME;

CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 30344487274     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.07.1278     Document Type: Article

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