Heat shock factor y chromosome (HSFY) mRNA level predicts the presence of retrievable testicular sperm in men with nonobstructive azoospermia

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 303-308

  Stahl, Peter J ^a   Mielnik, Anna ^a   Schlegel, Peter N ^a   Paduch, Darius A ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

heat shock factor Y chromosome (HSFY); male infertility; Nonobstructive azoospermia; sperm retrieval; testicular biopsy

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK FACTOR Y CHROMOSOME; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONOBSTRUCTIVE AZOOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERTOLI CELL; TESTICULAR SPERM EXTRACTION; TESTIS; Y CHROMOSOME;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; AZOOSPERMIA; BIOPSY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; MALE; MICRODISSECTION; NEW YORK CITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RNA, MESSENGER; ROC CURVE; SPERM COUNT; SPERM RETRIEVAL; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 79960637250     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.05.055     Document Type: Article

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