Open AccessY chromosome microdeletions: are they implicated in teratozoospermia?
Author(s) -
Ali Hellani,
Saad S. M. Hassan,
Adel AlDuraihim,
Serdar Coşkun
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
human reproduction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.446
H-Index - 226
eISSN - 1460-2350
pISSN - 0268-1161
DOI - 10.1093/humrep/dei254
Subject(s) - sperm , biology , y chromosome , testis determining factor , andrology , y chromosome microdeletion , chromosome , semen , male infertility , x chromosome , genetics , karyotype , infertility , medicine , gene , pregnancy
Y chromosome microdeletions are known to impair spermatogenesis. Screenings for these microdeletions are performed mostly in patients with sperm count abnormalities.
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