High prevalence of AZFb microdeletion in Iranian patients with idiopathic non-obstructive azoospermia

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 132, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 265-270

  Mirfakhraie, Reza ^a   Mirzajani, Farzaneh ^b   Kalantar, Sayed Mahdi ^c   Montazeri, Maryam ^b   Salsabili, Nasser ^d   Pourmand, Gholam Reza ^e,f   Houshmand, Massoud ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c Research and Clinical Centre for Infertility   (Iran)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^f TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

AZF; Azoospermia; Chromosome; Iran; Microdeletion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; AZOOSPERMIA FACTOR A GENE; AZOOSPERMIA FACTOR B GENE; AZOOSPERMIA FACTOR C GENE; AZOOSPERMIA FACTOR D GENE; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC NON OBSTRUCTIVE AZOOSPERMIA; IRAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; SPERMATOGENESIS; Y CHROMOSOME; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHROMOSOME DELETION; GENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE TAGGED SITE;

AZF1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PRIMER DNA; SEMINAL PLASMA PROTEIN;

AZOOSPERMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DNA PRIMERS; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMINAL PLASMA PROTEINS; SEQUENCE TAGGED SITES;

EID: 77957049213     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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