Molecular and cytogenetic studies of 101 infertile men with microdeletions of y chromosome in 1, 306 infertile Korean men

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 539-546

  Kim, Min Jee ^a   Choi, Hye Won ^a   Park, So Yeon ^a   Song, In Ok ^a   Seo, Ju Tae ^a   Lee, Hyoung Song ^a  

^a Kwandong University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Azoospermia factor (AZF); Chromosomal abnormality; Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI); Y chromosome microdeletion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME DELETION Y; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPERM; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTIS; TESTIS BIOPSY;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AZOOSPERMIA; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; SEX CHROMOSOME DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; TESTIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84864912776     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: 15737330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-012-9748-4     Document Type: Article

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