Genetic sperm defects and consanguinity
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Genetic sperm defects and consanguinity.
BACKGROUND The existence of a genetic component to human infertility has been suggested, although neither the specific abnormalities involved, nor their genetic mechanism of transmission, are currently defined. We have examined, by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), ejaculate from 1600 males with fertility problems. Among the subjects studied, we focused on a group of patients whose family...
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عنوان ژورنال: Human Reproduction
سال: 2001
ISSN: 1460-2350
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/16.7.1365