Methodological errors in screening of Yq microdeletion in Iranian azoospermic men

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 137-138

  Saliminejad, Kioomars ^a   Khorshid, Hamid Reza Khorram ^a,b  

^a AVICENNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZF GENE; AZOOSPERMIA; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOME YQ; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; IRAN; LETTER; PREVALENCE; SYSTEMATIC ERROR;

AZOOSPERMIA; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; HUMANS; MALE; SEMINAL PLASMA PROTEINS;

EID: 84857850942     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0971-5916.93438     Document Type: Letter

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