New molecular diagnostic kit to assess Y-chromosome deletions in the Japanese population

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 910-916

  Iijima, Masashi ^a   Koh, Eitetsu ^a   Izumi, Kouji ^a   Taya, Masaki ^a   Maeda, Yuji ^a   Kyono, Kouichi ^b   Yoshida, Atsumi ^c   Namiki, Mikio ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b Kyono ART Clinic   (Japan)

^c Reproduction Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Azoospermia factor; Detection kit; Male infertility; Microdeletion; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CHROMOSOME DELETION Y; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC SCREENING; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; JAPANESE (PEOPLE); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE TAGGED SITE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHROMOSOME DELETION; EVALUATION STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; SEX CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; SEX CHROMOSOME DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; Y CHROMOSOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; SEX CHROMOSOME DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906688044     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: 14422042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/iju.12467     Document Type: Article

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