Chromosomal anomalies and Y-microdeletions among Chinese subfertile men in Hong Kong

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 31-38

  Ng, Paulina P Y ^a   Tang, Mary H Y ^a   Lau, Elizabeth T ^a   Ng, Lucy K L ^a   Ng, Ernest H Y ^a   Tam, P C ^a   Yeung, William S B ^a   Ho, P C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chromosome deletion; Chromosome, human, Y; Infertility, male

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CHINESE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME DELETION Y; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KARYOTYPING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; PREVALENCE; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; KARYOTYPING; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; SPERM COUNT;

EID: 61849097128     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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