Clinical genetic testing for male factor infertility: Current applications and future directions

Andrology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 339-350

  Hotaling, J ^a   Carrell, D T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Environment; Epigenetics; Genes; Karyotype; Phenotype; Polymorphisms; Y chromosome microdeletion

Indexed keywords

CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR;

47, XXY; AZOOSPERMIA; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; DIAGNOSIS; EPIGENETICS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; PHARMACOGENETICS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; Y CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CYTOLOGY; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETICS; INFERTILITY, MALE; KARYOTYPING; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROCEDURES; SEX CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; SEX CHROMOSOME DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT;

CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; KARYOTYPING; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MALE; SEX CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; SEX CHROMOSOME DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84899050949     PISSN: 20472919     EISSN: 20472927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2047-2927.2014.00200.x     Document Type: Review

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