Constitutional telomeric dysfunction in an azoospermic male with extensive telomeric association

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 152, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2413-2416

  Salahshourifar, Iman ^a   Karimi, Hamideh ^a   Tavakolzadeh, Tayebeh ^a   Beheshti, Zahra ^a   Maeda, Toyoki ^b   Aviv, Hana ^c   Gourabi, Hamid ^a  

^a ROYAN INSTITUTE FOR REPRODUCTIVE BIOMEDICINE   (Iran)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AZOOSPERMIA; CASE REPORT; CELL LINE; CHROMOSOME 22; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN FIBROBLAST; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TELOMERE;

ADULT; AZOOSPERMIA; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 22; HUMANS; MALE; TELOMERE;

EID: 77956119802     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.33411     Document Type: Letter

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