Genetic screening of infertile men

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 573-580

  Cram, David ^a,b   Lynch, Michael ^c   O'Bryan, Moira K ^a   Salvado, Chelsea ^a   McLachlan, Robert I ^c   de Krester, David M ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH IVF   (Australia)

^c MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN RET; TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; AZOOSPERMIA; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOME YQ; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA DETERMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TECHNOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; GERM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATHOGENESIS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; TESTIS DISEASE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE;

EID: 4444378423     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD03097     Document Type: Article

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