Constitutional complex chromosomal rearrangements in azoospermic men-case report and literature review

Urology

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1343.e5-1343.e8

  Lee, I Wen ^a,b   Su, Mei Tsz ^b   Hsu, Chao Chin ^c   Lin, Ying Hui ^b   Chen, Pei Yi ^d   Kuo, Pao Lin ^b,d  

^a Tainan Hospital   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Taiwan United Birth Promoting Experts   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 13Q; CHROMOSOME 21P; CHROMOSOME 9P; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 33845335494     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2006.09.007     Document Type: Article

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