Genetics of spermatogenic failure

Sexual Development

Volumn 2, Issue 4-5, 2008, Pages 251-259

  Huang, W J ^a,b   Yen, P H ^c  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Klinefelter syndrome; Spermatogenesis; XX male syndrome; Y Microdeletion

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME DELETION Y; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE DELETION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX CHROMOSOME; SPERMATOGENESIS; XX MALE;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MALE; SEX CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 55749111061     PISSN: 16615425     EISSN: 16615433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000152041     Document Type: Conference Paper

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