Do we need to search for gr/gr deletions in infertile men in a clinical setting?

Human Reproduction

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1193-1199

  Stouffs, Katrien ^a,b   Tournaye, Herman ^a,c   Van Der Elst, Josiane ^a,c   Haentjens, Patrick ^a   Liebaers, Inge ^a,b   Lissens, Willy ^a,b  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^c CENTRE FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Gr gr deletions; Male infertility; Microdeletion; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CHROMOSOME DELETION Y; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGOSPERMIA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS BIOPSY;

EID: 44449113616     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/den069     Document Type: Article

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