Chromosomal and molecular abnormalities in a group of Brazilian infertile men with severe oligozoospermia or non-obstructive azoospermia attending an infertility service

International Braz J Urol

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 244-250

  Mafra, Fernanda A ^a   Christofolini, Denise M ^a   Bianco, Bianca ^a   Gava, Marcello M ^a   Glina, Sidney ^a   Belangero, Sintia I N ^a   Barbosa, Caio P ^a  

^a FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DO ABC   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Azoospermia; Chromosome abnormalities; Male infertility; Microdeletions; Oligozoospermia; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME DELETION; GENETICS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OLIGOSPERMIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; Y CHROMOSOME;

ADULT; AZOOSPERMIA; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OLIGOSPERMIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 79959312176     PISSN: 16775538     EISSN: 16776119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1677-55382011000200011     Document Type: Article

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