Genetic screening for AZF Y chromosome microdeletions in Jordanian azoospermic infertile men

International Journal of Molecular Epidemiology and Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 47-50

  Khabour, Omar F ^a   Fararjeh, Abdul Fattah S ^a   Alfaouri, Almuthana A ^b  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b KING HUSSEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Jordan)

Author keywords

AZF; Infertility; Jordan; Male; Microdeletion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CHROMOSOME DELETION Y; DNA EXTRACTION; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; JORDAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 84896722050     PISSN: 19481756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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