Studies on varicocele III: Ultrastructural sperm evaluation and 18, X and Y aneuploidies

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 94-101

  Baccetti, Baccio M ^a   Bruni, Emanuele ^a   Capitani, Serena ^a   Collodel, Giulia ^a   Mancini, Stefano ^a   Piomboni, Paola ^a   Moretti, Elena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

FISH; Pathological spermatogenesis; TEM; Varicocelectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME 18; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KARYOTYPE 46,XY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MEIOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VARICOCELE; X CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; Y CHROMOSOME;

ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 18; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATOZOA; VARICOCELE;

EID: 30844469086     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.05081     Document Type: Article

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