Tag STS in the AZF region associated with azoospermia in a Tunisian population

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 652-658

  Hadjkacem Loukil, Lobna ^a   Ayadi, Imen ^b   Bahloul, Ali ^c   Ayadi, Hammadi ^a   Ammar Keskes, Leila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

^b CENTRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE SFAX   (Tunisia)

^c HABIB BOURGUIBA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Haploview; Male infertility; Y chromosome microdeletions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CHROMOSOME DELETION; DNA EXTRACTION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE TAGGED SITE; TUNISIA; Y CHROMOSOME;

AZOOSPERMIA; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; MALE; SEQUENCE TAGGED SITES; TUNISIA;

EID: 34548626253     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.106.001271     Document Type: Article

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