Preliminary study of the relationship between DAZ gene copy deletions and spermatogenic impairment in Chinese men

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1061-1063

  Yang, Yuan ^a,b   Xiao, Cuiying ^a,b   Zhang, Sizhong ^a,b   Zhoucun, A ^a,b   Li, Xiang ^a   Zhang, Sixiao ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAZ GENE; GENE; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENE DELETION; GENE DOSAGE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 33645385369     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.09.025     Document Type: Article

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