Clinical and laboratory evaluation of idiopathic male infertility in a secondary referral center in India

Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 29-38

  Abid, Shadaan ^a   Maitra, Anurupa ^a   Meherji, Pervin ^a   Patel, Zareen ^a   Kadam, Seema ^a   Shah, Jatin ^b   Shah, Rupin ^c   Kulkarni, Vijay ^c   Baburao, V ^d   Gokral, Jyotsna ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH   (India)

^b Fertility Clinic   (India)

^c Bhatia Hospital   (India)

^d Genetic Research Centre India   (India)

Author keywords

Chromosomal aberrations; FSH; Idiopathic infertility; Indian men; Inhibin B; Yq microdeletions

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANTISPERMATOGENIC AGENT; FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN B; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ANDROPAUSE; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GERM CELL; HEREDITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INDIA; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; KARYOTYPE; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; PHENOTYPE; PROGENY; ROBERTSONIAN CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMIOGRAM; TESTIS BIOPSY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; Y CHROMOSOME;

ADULT; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; HORMONES; HUMANS; INDIA; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEMINAL PLASMA PROTEINS; SEQUENCE TAGGED SITES; TESTIS;

ROBERTSONIA;

EID: 39449097537     PISSN: 08878013     EISSN: 10982825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcla.20216     Document Type: Article

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