Azoospermic men with deletion of the DAZ gene cluster are capable of completing spermatogenesis: fertilization, normal embryonic development and pregnancy occur when retrieved testicular spermatozoa are used for intracytoplasmic sperm injection.

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Published in Hum Reprod on March 01, 1997

Authors

J P Mulhall1, R Reijo, R Alagappan, L Brown, D Page, R Carson, R D Oates

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Urology, Boston University School of Medicine, MA, USA.

Associated clinical trials:

Aneuploidies in Embryos and Spermatozoa From Patients With Y-chromosome Microdeletions | NCT02527954

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