Y chromosome microdeletions in Tunisian infertile males

Pathologie Biologie

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 111-115

  Rejeb, I ^a   M'rad, R ^a,b   Maazoul, F ^b   Trabelsi, M ^b   Ben Jemaa, L ^a,b   Chaabouni, M ^a,b   Zhioua, F ^c   Chaabouni, H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS EL MANAR   (Tunisia)

^b CHARLES NICOLLE HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^c Hopital Aziza Othmana   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

AZF region; Azoospermia; Male infertility; Microdeletion; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

ANDROLOGY; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME DELETION Y; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA ISOLATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KARYOTYPE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; OLIGOSPERMIA; SAMPLE SIZE; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TUNISIA;

AZOOSPERMIA; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DNA; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUNISIA;

EID: 42449110378     PISSN: 03698114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.patbio.2007.05.002     Document Type: Article

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