What about gr/gr deletions and male infertility? Systematic review and meta-analysis

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 197-209

  Stouffs, Katrien ^a,b   Lissens, Willy ^a,b   Tournaye, Herman ^b,c   Haentjens, Patrick ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c CENTRE FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^d Belgian Center for Evidence Based Medicine   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Azoospermia; Ethnicity; gr gr deletions; Male infertility; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

AZOOSPERMIA; ETHNICITY; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GR GENE; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; Y CHROMOSOME;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; SEQUENCE DELETION; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 79951729028     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: 14602369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/dmq046     Document Type: Review

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