Vertical transmission of the Yq AZFc microdeletion from father to son over two or three generations in infertile Han Chinese families

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 240-246

  Zhu, Xiao Bin ^a   Liu, Yu Lin ^a   Zhang, Wei ^a   Ping, Ping ^a   Cao, Xiao Rong ^a   Liu, Yong ^a   Huang, Yi Ran ^a   Li, Zheng ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Infertility; Microdeletion; Vertical transmission; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

AZOOSPERMIA FACTOR C; GENE PRODUCT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CHROMOSOME DELETION Y; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; MALE INFERTILITY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; OLIGOSPERMIA; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; SPERM; SPERMATOGENESIS; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; Y CHROMOSOME;

ADULT; AGED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 77749322441     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/aja.2009.63     Document Type: Article

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