Diagnosis of the gr/gr y chromosome microdeletion does not help in the treatment of infertile American men

Journal of Urology

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 233-237

  Stahl, Peter J ^a   Mielnik, Anna ^a   Margreiter, Markus ^a   Marean, Michael B ^a   Schlegel, Peter N ^a   Paduch, Darius A ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene deletion; Infertility, male; Oligospermia; Sperm retrieval; Testis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; AZOOSPERMIA; CHROMOSOME DELETION Y; CHROMOSOME MICRODISSECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPERM RETRIEVAL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; TESTICULAR SPERM EXTRACTION;

AZOOSPERMIA; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; SEX CHROMOSOME DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650035257     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2010.09.016     Document Type: Article

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