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Comprehensive 5-Year Study of Cytogenetic Aberrations in 668 Infertile Men
21 Feb 2010
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PURPOSE: The causes of male infertility are heterogeneous but more than 50% of cases have a genetic basis. Specific genetic defects have been identified in less than 20% of infertile males and, thus, most causes remain to be elucidated. The most common cytogenetic defects associated with nonobstructive azoospermia are numerical and structural chromosome abnormalities, including Klinefelter syndrome (47,XXY) and Y...
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