Y chromosome microdeletions in infertile men: Prevalence, phenotypes and screening markers for the Indian population

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 413-422

  Sen, S ^a   Pasi, A R ^a   Dada, R ^b   Shamsi, M B ^b   Modi, D ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

AZF; Azoospermia; Indian population; Male infertility; Oligozoospermia; STS markers; Yq microdeletions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CHROMOSOME DELETION Y; CHROMOSOME MICRODELETION YQ; DATA ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; INDIAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOASTHENOZOOSPERMIA; OLIGOSPERMIA; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY;

ADULT; AZOOSPERMIA; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; HUMANS; INDIA; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; SEX CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; SEX CHROMOSOME DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84876293242     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: 15737330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-013-9933-0     Document Type: Article

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