The low frequency of Y chromosome microdeletions in subfertile males in a Sinhalese population of Sri Lanka

Indian Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 320-325

  Wettasinghe, Tithila Kalum ^a   Jayasekara, Rohan W ^a   Dissanayake, Vajira H W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Azoospermia factor a; Azoospermia factor b; Azoospermia factor c; Male factor sub fertility; Y chromosome microdeletions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; AZOOSPERMIA FACTOR GENE; CHROMOSOME DELETION Y; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE TAGGED SITE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; SRI LANKA; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 84875745895     PISSN: 09716866     EISSN: 1998362X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0971-6866.107985     Document Type: Article

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