Genetic screening for chromosomal abnormalities and y chromosome microdeletions in Chinese infertile men

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 521-527

  Fu, Li ^a   Xiong, Da Ke ^a   Ding, Xian Ping ^a   Li, Chuang ^a   Zhang, Li Yuan ^a   Ding, Min ^a   Nie, Shuang Shuang ^a   Quan, Qiang ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Azoospermia; Chromosomal abnormality; Male infertility; Severe oligozoospermia; Y chromosome microdeletion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CHINESE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME DELETION Y; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KARYOTYPING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; OLIGOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AZOOSPERMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; KARYOTYPE; MALE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; OLIGOSPERMIA; SEX CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; SEX CHROMOSOME DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 84864924613     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: 15737330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-012-9741-y     Document Type: Article

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