Chromosomal disorders and male infertility

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 32-39

  Harton, Gary L ^a   Tempest, Helen G ^b  

^a Reprogenetics LLC   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

chromosomal aneuploidy; chromosomal translocation; in vitro fertilization; intracytoplasmic sperm injection; male infertility; non disjunction; preimplantation genetic diagnosis; Y chromosome microdeletion

Indexed keywords

ANEUPLOIDY; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME DELETION Y; CHROMOSOME DISORDER; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; KARYOTYPE; MALE INFERTILITY; REVIEW; SPERM;

ABNORMAL KARYOTYPE; ANEUPLOIDY; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; PREIMPLANTATION DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 84855425150     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/aja.2011.66     Document Type: Review

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