Gene copy number reduction in the azoospermia factor c (AZFc) region and its effect on total motile sperm count

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2457-2463

  Noordam, Michiel J ^a   Westerveld, G Henrike ^a   Hovingh, Suzanne E ^a   van Daalen, Saskia K M ^a   Korver, Cindy M ^a   van der Veen, Fulco ^a   van Pelt, Ans M M ^a   Repping, Sjoerd ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; GENE DELETION; GENE DOSAGE; GENE DUPLICATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; Y CHROMOSOME;

GENE DOSAGE; HUMANS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMINAL PLASMA PROTEINS; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TESTIS;

EID: 79957480628     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddr119     Document Type: Article

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