Y chromosome microdeletions of 664 Chinese men with azoospermia or severe oligozoospermia

Chinese Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 252-255

  Li, Hong Gang ^a   Ding, Xiao Fang ^b   Zhao, Jiang Xia ^c   Zuo, Ming Da ^a   Xiong, Cheng Liang ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c Seveth Hospital of Wuhan   (China)

Author keywords

Azoospermia; Azoospermia factor; Oligozoospermia; Y chromosome microdeletion

Indexed keywords

PROTEINASE K;

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AZOOSPERMIA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS; Y CHROMOSOME;

AZOOSPERMIA; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; OLIGOSPERMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 46749135665     PISSN: 10039406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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