Molecular anomalies of the Y chromosome: consequences on male fertility;Polymorphismes du chromosome Y et fertilité masculine

Gynecologie Obstetrique et Fertilite

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 885-893

  Ravel, C ^a,b   Chantot Bastaraud, S ^a,b   McElreavey, K ^a   Siffroi, J P ^b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

Author keywords

DAZ; gr gr deletion; Male infertility; Microdeletion; Spermatogenesis; Y Chromosome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME ARM; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOME DELETION Y; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE CONTROL; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; Y CHROMOSOME; EVOLUTION; GENE DELETION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MALE; NEOPLASM; REVIEW; TESTIS TUMOR; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; EVOLUTION; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; NEOPLASMS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33749658558     PISSN: 12979589     EISSN: 17696682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gyobfe.2006.07.032     Document Type: Article

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