A frequent Y chromosome b2/b3 subdeletion shows strong association with male infertility in Han-Chinese population

Human Reproduction

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1107-1113

  Wu, B ^a   Lu, N X ^a   Xia, Y K ^a   Gu, A H ^a   Lu, C C ^a   Wang, W ^a   Song, L ^a   Wang, S L ^a   Shen, H B ^a   Wang, X R ^a  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

AZFc; b2 b3 subdeletion; gr gr subdeletion; Male infertility; Y chromosome microdeletion

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA FACTOR C GENE; CHINESE; CHROMODOMAIN OF Y GENE; CHROMOSOME DELETION Y; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETED IN AZOOSPERMIA GENE; GENE; HAN CHINESE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEQUENCE TAGGED SITE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; Y CHROMOSOME; ADULT; AZOOSPERMIA; CHINA; CHROMOSOME DELETION; ETHNOLOGY; FERTILITY; GENE DELETION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADULT; AZOOSPERMIA; CHINA; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; FERTILITY; GENE DELETION; GENETIC MARKERS; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34347224382     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/del499     Document Type: Article

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