Screening for partial AZFa microdeletions in the y chromosome of infertile men: Is it of clinical relevance?

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 43-47.e2

  Kleiman, Sandra E ^a   Almog, Ronit ^a   Yogev, Leah ^a   Hauser, Ron ^a   Lehavi, Ofer ^a   Paz, Gedalia ^a   Yavetz, Haim ^a   Botchan, Amnon ^a  

^a LIS MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

AZF microdeletion; male infertility; sperm cells; spermatogenesis; Y Chromosome microdeletion

Indexed keywords

AZOOSPERMIA FACTOR A PROTEIN; DDX3Y PROTEIN; DNA; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; USP9Y PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CHROMOSOME DELETION Y; GENE DELETION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 84862990505     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2012.03.034     Document Type: Article

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