Male Infertility - Molecular Approaches to Diagnosis (Paperback)

Male infertility is a multifactorial syndrome encompassing a wide variety of disorders. In more than half of infertile men, the cause of their infertility is mysterious (idiopathic) and could be congenital or acquired. The causes are known in less than half of these cases, out of which genetic or inherited disease and specific abnormalities in the Y chromosome are major factors. About 10-20 percent of males presenting without sperm in the ejaculate carry a deletion of the Y chromosome Male genetic factor of infertility accounts for about half the cases of couple infertility and in around 50% of cases its etiology remains unknown. Molecular genetic techniques have unveiled a number of etiopathogenetic factors, including microdeletions of the Yq. Y chromosome microdeletions removing the AZoospermia Factor (AZF) regions are the most frequent molecular genetic causes of oligo/azoospermia).

General

Imprint:	Lap Lambert Academic Publishing
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 2014
First published:	April 2014
Authors:	Al-Marzoqi Ali • Abdul-Razzaq Mohammed Sabri • Muhsin Mohammed Aboud
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	292
ISBN-13:	978-3-659-50049-7
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Genetics (non-medical) > General
LSN:	3-659-50049-6
Barcode:	9783659500497

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