Somatic and germ cell cytogenetic studies and AZF microdeletion screening in infertile men

Autor: Rita C. V. Carrara, Rui Yamasaki, Luís F. Mazucatto, Maria A. Llorach Veludo, Edi L. Sartorato, João M. Pina-Neto
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2004
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Zdroj: Genetics and Molecular Biology, Vol 27, Iss 4, Pp 477-482 (2004)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1415-4757
1678-4685
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572004000400002
Popis: Clinical and cytogenetic studies were performed in 65 infertile individuals, and 56 of them were also screened for microdeletions in Yq11 (AZF region). Relevant environmental etiological factors were identified in 10 cases (15.4%). Sertoli-cell-only syndrome was diagnosed in six patients (9,2%). Karyotype abnormalities were detected in six individuals, and five other patients presented desynapsis of bivalents in meiosis. Three out of the 56 patients studied were carriers of microdeletions in the AZF region, one of them also presenting a chromosomal mosaicism for an extra i(22p).
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