AZF gene microdeletions: Case series and literature review;Microdeleciones del gen AZF: Serie de casos y revisión de la literatura

Actas Urologicas Espanolas

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 698-702

  Gallego, A ^a   Rogel, R ^a   Lujan S ^a   Plaza, B ^a   Delgado, F ^a   Boronat, F ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Azoospermia; Azoospermic factor; Genetics; Primary infertility; Y chromosome microdeletion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AZOOSPERMIA; CHROMOSOME DELETION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AZOOSPERMIA; CHROMOSOME DELETION; HUMANS; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84922602309     PISSN: 02104806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acuro.2014.04.003     Document Type: Article

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