The frequency of Yq microdeletion in azoospermic and oligospermic Iranian infertile men

International Journal of Reproductive BioMedicine

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 453-458

  Zaimy, Mohammad Ali ^a   Kalantar, Seyyed Mehdi ^a   Sheikhha, Mohammad Hasan ^a   Jahaninejad, Tahere ^a   Pashaiefar, Hossein ^a   Ghasemzade, Jalal ^a   Zahraei, Mahnaz ^a  

^a SHAHID SADOUGHI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

AZF microdeletion; Male infertility; Multiplex polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929454245     PISSN: 24764108     EISSN: 24763772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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