Y chromosome microdeletions are not associated with spontaneous recurrent pregnancy loss in a Sinhalese population in Sri Lanka

Human Reproduction

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3152-3156

  Wettasinghe, Tithila Kalum ^a   Jayasekara, Rohan W ^a   Dissanayake, Vajira H W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

AZFa; AZFb; AZFc; recurrent pregnancy loss; Y chromosome microdeletions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME DELETION Y; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; PREGNANCY DISORDER; SRI LANKA;

EID: 78649599871     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deq271     Document Type: Article

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