The prevalence of Y chromosome microdeletions in Pakistani infertile men

International Journal of Reproductive BioMedicine

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 619-624

  Siddiqui, Rubina Tabassum ^a   Mujtaba, Nosheen ^a   Naz, Mamoona ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY AND GENETIC ENGINEERING NIBGE   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Azoospermia; Male infertility; Y chromosome deletions

Indexed keywords

EID: 85019335644     PISSN: 24764108     EISSN: 24763772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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