Genetic causes of spermatogenic failure

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 40-48

  Massart, Annelien ^a,b   Lissens, Willy ^a,b   Tournaye, Herman ^b,c   Stouffs, Katrien ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c CENTRE FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

gene; genetic causes; male infertility; spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

AZOOSPERMIA; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME DELETION Y; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; DNA METHYLATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; OLIGOSPERMIA; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MODELS, ANIMAL; MUTATION; SEX CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; SEX CHROMOSOME DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 84855470308     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/aja.2011.67     Document Type: Review

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