Ring (Y) in two azoospermic men

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 128 A, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 209-213

  Lin, Ying Hui ^a   Lin, Yung Ming ^a   Lin, Ying Hong ^a   Chuang, Louise ^a   Wu, Shih Yi ^a   Kuo, Pao Lin ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Azoospermia; Ring chromosome; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CYTOGENETICS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RING CHROMOSOME; SPERMATOGENESIS; Y CHROMOSOME;

ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME BANDING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; CYTOGENETICS; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INFERTILITY, MALE; KARYOTYPING; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; RING CHROMOSOMES; SEQUENCE TAGGED SITES;

EID: 4444324930     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.30097     Document Type: Article

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