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Increased aneuploidy rates in spermatozoa of a male carrier of a trisomy 18 mosaicism
5 May 2009
Abstract excerpt
Semen analysis of a 31-year-old infertile man showed a severe oligoteratozoospermia. Karyotyping of peripheral blood lymphocytes showed a 47,XY,+18[13]/46,XY[16] mosaicism. Cultured skin fibroblasts, right and left jugal smears showed 3, 50 and 65% trisomic cells respectively. The aim of the study was to evaluate the aneuploidy rates of chromosomes X, Y, 13, 18 and 21 and the diploidy rate in his spermatozoa by...
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