Microdeletions in the Y chromosome of infertile males with azoospermia, oligozoospermia and asthenozoospermia from Assam, India

World Applied Sciences Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1265-1270

  Mahanta, R ^a   Gogoi, A ^a   Chaudhury, P N B ^a   Roy, S ^a   Bhattacharyya, I K ^a   Sharma, P ^b   Lahkar, Kavita ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology   (India)

^b Pratiksha Hospitals   (India)

Author keywords

Asthenozoospermia; Azoospermia; Male infertility; Oligozoospermia; Y chromosome microdeletion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861927903     PISSN: 18184952     EISSN: 19916426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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