High incidence of Y-chromosome microdeletions in gonadal tissues from patients with 45,X/46,XY gonadal dysgenesis

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 458-460

  Álvarez Nava, Francisco ^a   Puerta, Herminia ^a   Soto, Marisol ^a   Pineda, Lennie ^a   Temponi, Ángel ^b  

^a Sector Veritas   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL ZULIA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME DELETION Y; CHROMOSOME NOR; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GONADAL DYSGENESIS; HUMAN; KARYOTYPING; MOSAICISM; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DNA; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GONADAL DYSGENESIS, MIXED; GONADS; HUMANS; MALE; MOSAICISM;

EID: 38949191627     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.02.058     Document Type: Article

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