Screening for Y-chromosome microdeletions in infertile Indian males: Utility of simplified multiplex PCR

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 124-132

  Mitra, Anurag ^a   Dada, Rima ^b   Kumar, Rajeev ^b   Gupta, N P ^b   Kucheria, Kiran ^b   Gupta, S K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

AZF; FNAC; FSH; Multiplex polymerase chain reaction; Testicular phenotype; Y chromosome microdelections

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; AZOOSPERMIA; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INDIAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; KARYOTYPE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; OLIGOSPERMIA; PHENOTYPE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SCREENING; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE TAGGED SITE; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; Y CHROMOSOME;

ADULT; AZOOSPERMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; INDIA; INFERTILITY, MALE; KARYOTYPING; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEQUENCE TAGGED SITES; SEX CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS;

EID: 46649104083     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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