Discrepancy in the frequency of y chromosome microdeletions among iranian infertile men with azoospermia and severe oligozoospermia

Genetic Testing and Molecular Biomarkers

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 931-934

  Saliminejad, Kioomars ^a   Sadeghi, Mohammad Reza ^a   Kamali, Koorosh ^a   Amirjannati, Naser ^b   Soltanghoraee, Haleh ^b   Khorshid, Hamid Reza Khorram ^c  

^a AVICENNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

^b AVICENNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; OLIGOSPERMIA; Y CHROMOSOME;

ADULT; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84865685192     PISSN: 19450265     EISSN: 19450257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/gtmb.2011.0378     Document Type: Article

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