Prevalence of y chromosome microdeletions in infertile men with severe oligozoospermia in Serbia

Genetic Counseling

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 337-342

  Ristanovic, Momcilo ^a   Bunjevacki, V ^a   Tulic, C ^a   Novakovic, I ^a   Perovic, V ^a   Lukovic, L J ^a   Milasin, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b INSTITUTE FOR BASIC SCIENCE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

ICSI; Male infertility; Microdeletion; PCR; Severe oligozoospermia; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MARKER GENE; OLIGOSPERMIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SPERMIOGRAM; Y CHROMOSOME; YUGOSLAVIA;

CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 35648962947     PISSN: 10158146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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