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Screening for Y chromosome microdeletions in childhood: lack of evidence for a direct association with testicular maldescent.
Andrologia - 1 Dec 2013
Mamoulakis C, Georgiou I, Dimitriadis F, Tsounapi P, Koukos S, Antypas S, Tzortzakakis D, Sofras F, Takenaka A, Sofikitis N
Abstract excerpt
The aim of the study was to investigate the hypothesis that Y chromosome microdeletions are directly implicated in testicular maldescent. Genomic DNA was extracted from the peripheral blood of 292 subjects. This population consisted of (i) 180 children with all phenotypes of isolated (non-syndromic) testicular maldescent from 174 index families, (ii) affected adult relatives available (n = 12) and (iii) 100...
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