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Absence of de novo Y-chromosome microdeletions in male children conceived through intracytoplasmic sperm injection.

Buch B, Galán JJ, Lara M, Real LM, Martínez-Moya M, Ruiz A

Unidad de Reproducción, Centro Gutenberg, Málaga, Spain.

Molecular screening for Y-chromosome microdeletions in 96 Spanish male children conceived through intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) was conducted. No microdeletions were detected; these results support the notion that de novo Y-chromosome alterations are rare and unrelated to the ICSI technique itself.

Published 13 December 2004 in Fertil Steril, 82(6): 1679-80.
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