Meiotic arrest at the midpachytene stage in a patient with complete azoospermia factor b deletion of the Y chromosome

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 494.e5-494.e8

  Perrin, Jeanne ^a,b   Metzler Guillemain, Catherine ^a,c   Karsenty, Gilles ^a   Grillo, Jean Marie ^a,b   Mitchell, Michael J ^c   Guichaoua, Marie Roberte ^a,b  

^a ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE MARSEILLE   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Asynapsis; AZFb deletion; Azoospermia; Meiotic arrest; Pachytene checkpoint

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME DELETION Y; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CHROMOSOME YQ; GERM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEIOSIS; PACHYTENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOCYTE; TESTICULAR SPERM EXTRACTION;

EID: 31644444589     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.07.1323     Document Type: Article

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