Multiplex PCR screening of Y-chromosome microdeletions in azoospermic ICSI candidate men

Iranian Journal of Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 335-338

  Sheikhha, Mohammad Hasan ^a   Zaimy, Mohammad Ali ^a   Soleimanian, Saeede ^a   Kalantar, Seyed Mehdi ^a   Rasti, Azam ^a   Golzade, Maryam ^a   Fahraji, Hamid Hoseini ^b  

^a SHAHID SADOUGHI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Urumia University   (Iran)

Author keywords

Male infertility; Multiplex PCR; Y chromosome microdeletions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84982757620     PISSN: 16806433     EISSN: 20082177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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