Clinical evaluation of the infertile male with respect to genetic etiologies

Systems Biology in Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 72-77

  Oates, Robert D ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

azoospermia; cystic fibrosis; karyotype; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR;

ALLELE; CHROMOSOME DELETION Y; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HEREDITY; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MALE INFERTILITY; MICROSURGICAL EPIDIDYMAL SPERM ASPIRATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY;

AZOOSPERMIA; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA PROTEINS; SEX CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; SEX CHROMOSOME DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; UROGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 78651347602     PISSN: 19396368     EISSN: 19396368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/19396368.2010.525688     Document Type: Conference Paper

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