EAA/EMQN best practice guidelines for molecular diagnosis of y-chromosomal microdeletions. State of the art 2004

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 240-249

  Simoni, M ^a,d   Bakker, E ^b   Krausz, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d Institute of Reproductive Medicine   (Germany)

Author keywords

Azoospermia; Genetic testing; Male infertility; Microdeletion; Oligozoospermia; Quality control; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

AZOOSPERMIA; CHROMOSOME DELETION Y; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MALE INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; OLIGOSPERMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPERMATOGENESIS; Y CHROMOSOME;

CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 4043092052     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2004.00495.x     Document Type: Review

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