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Copy number variants in patients with severe oligozoospermia and Sertoli-cell-only syndrome.
PloS one - 29 Apr 2011
Tüttelmann Frank, Simoni Manuela, Kliesch Sabine, Ledig Susanne, Dworniczak Bernd, Wieacker Peter, Röpke Albrecht
Abstract excerpt
A genetic origin is estimated in 30% of infertile men with the common phenotypes of oligo- or azoospermia, but the pathogenesis of spermatogenic failure remains frequently obscure. To determine the involvement of Copy Number Variants (CNVs) in the origin of male infertility, patients with idiopathic severe oligozoospermia (N = 89), Sertoli-cell-only syndrome (SCOS, N = 37)) and controls with normozoospermia...
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