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SãoPedro,S.L.; Fraietta,R.; Spaine,D.; Porto,C.S.; Srougi,M.; Cedenho,A.P.; Avellar,M.C.W.. |
We determined the prevalence of Y chromosome deletions in a population of 60 Brazilian nonobstructive azoospermic and severely oligozoospermic men. PCR-based screening of microdeletions was performed on lymphocyte DNA for the presence of 14 sequence-tagged sites (STS) located in the azoospermic factor (AZF) on the Yq chromosome. All STS were amplified efficiently in samples from 12 fertile men tested, but failed to be amplified in samples from fertile women, indicating the specificity of PCR conditions for Yq screening. Overall, 4 of the 60 infertile patients tested (6.7%) exhibited deletion of the Y chromosome, 2 of them being severely oligozoospermic patients (P10 and P32) and 2 azoospermic men (patients P47 and P57). Patients P47 and P57 presented... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Y chromosome; Microdeletions; Severe oligozoospermia; Azoospermia; Male infertility; Azoospermia factor; AZF region. |
Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2003000600015 |
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Carrara,Rita C. V.; Yamasaki,Rui; Mazucatto,Luís F.; Veludo,Maria A. Llorach; Sartorato,Edi L.; Pina-Neto,João M.. |
Clinical and cytogenetic studies were performed in 65 infertile individuals, and 56 of them were also screened for microdeletions in Yq11 (AZF region). Relevant environmental etiological factors were identified in 10 cases (15.4%). Sertoli-cell-only syndrome was diagnosed in six patients (9,2%). Karyotype abnormalities were detected in six individuals, and five other patients presented desynapsis of bivalents in meiosis. Three out of the 56 patients studied were carriers of microdeletions in the AZF region, one of them also presenting a chromosomal mosaicism for an extra i(22p). |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Male infertility; Cytogenetics; Microdeletions; AZF; Meiotic anomalies. |
Ano: 2004 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572004000400002 |
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Pina-Neto,J.M.; Carrara,R.C.V.; Bisinella,R.; Mazzucatto,L.F.; Martins,M.D.; Sartoratto,E.; Yamasaki,R.. |
The objective of the present study was to determine the frequency of somatic chromosomal anomalies and Y chromosomal microdeletions (azoospermia factor genes, AZF) in infertile males who seek assisted reproduction. These studies are very important because the assisted reproduction techniques (mainly intracytoplasmic sperm injection) bypass the natural selection process and some classical chromosomal abnormalities, microdeletions of AZF genes or some deleterious genic mutations could pass through generations. These genetic abnormalities can cause in the offspring of these patients male infertility, ambiguous external genitalia, mental retardation, and other birth defects. We studied 165 infertile men whose infertility was attributable to testicular problems... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Cytogenetics; Y microdeletions; Male infertility; Karyotype; Chromosome aberrations. |
Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2006000400017 |
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Oyeyemi,M. O; Olukole,S. G; Esan,O. |
Four healthy bucks of the West African Dwarf breed aged between 24 and 30 months were used for this study. The bucks were first used as control and later as experimental animals upon being fed daily with oiled pumpkin plant for the period of six months. The objective of the study was to investigate the effect of the pumpkin plant on the morphology of the spermatozoa of the bucks. There were significant differences (p< 0.05) between the control and experimental values for both primary and secondary morphological spermatozoa abnormalities: the pyriform head has a control value of 6 (0. 42%) and post-feeding value of 0 (0%), the beat tail; 14(0.97%) and 2 (0.16%) for the control and post feeding values respectively. The curved mid piece: 17 (1.18%) and 1... |
Tipo: Journal article |
Palavras-chave: Pumpkin plant; Morphology; Male infertility; Spermatozoa. |
Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022008000100020 |
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