Journal article
Microdeletions in the Y Chromosome of Infertile Men
The New England journal of medicine, Vol.336(8), pp.534-540
02/20/1997
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/117640
PMID: 9023089
Abstract
Infertility affects about 15 percent of all couples attempting pregnancy,
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with the man responsible in approximately half the cases. It is best defined as the inability to conceive after one year of unprotected intercourse, and thus the definition includes men with subfertility. Proposed causes of infertility in men include varicocele, obstruction of the spermatic ducts, agglutination of sperm, high semen viscosity, necrospermia, low volume of ejaculate, ejaculatory dysfunction, and high sperm density; when no cause is known, the man is described as having idiopathic infertility.
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Many of these diagnostic categories are descriptive; for example, a diagnosis of necrospermia does not . . .
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- Title
- Microdeletions in the Y Chromosome of Infertile Men
- Creators
- Jon L PryorMarijo Kent-FirstAriege MuallemAndrew H Van BergenWolfram E NoltenLorraine MeisnerKenneth P Roberts
- Publication Details
- The New England journal of medicine, Vol.336(8), pp.534-540
- Academic Unit
- Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine
- Publisher
- Massachusetts Medical Society
- Identifiers
- 99900548119901842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article