Screening of Y chromosome microdeletion which contains AZF regions in 71 turkish azoospermic men

Genetic Counseling

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 199-205

  Okutman Emonts, O ^a   Pehlivan, Sacide ^a   Tavmergen, E ^a   Tavmergen Goker, E N ^a   Ozkinay, F ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Azoospermia factor (AZF); Azoospermic men; Microdeletion; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; AZOOSPERMIA FACTOR LOCUS; AZOOSPERMIA FACTOR REGION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME DELETION Y; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TESTIS BIOPSY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; SEMINAL PLASMA PROTEINS; TURKEY;

EID: 3142630231     PISSN: 10158146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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