Zhang Li: Male Fertility Patterns and Determinants
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Cytogenetic determinants of male fertility
BACKGROUND Cytogenetic abnormalities have been known to be important causes of male infertility for decades. METHODS Research publications from 1978 to 2008, from PubMed, have been reviewed. RESULTS These studies have greatly improved our information on somatic chromosomal abnormalities such as translocations, inversions and sex chromosomal anomalies, and their consequences to the cytogenet...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Population / Revue européenne de Démographie
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0168-6577,1572-9885
DOI: 10.1007/s10680-011-9251-0