Fertility and Sterility
Volume 94, Issue 5 , Pages 1744-1747 , October 2010

Y chromosome TSPY copy numbers and semen quality

Received 29 May 2009 ,Revised 23 September 2009 ,Accepted 24 September 2009.

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 B.N. has nothing to disclose. M.J.N. has nothing to disclose. S.E.H. has nothing to disclose. A.M.M.v.P. has nothing to disclose. F.v.d.V. has nothing to disclose. S.R. has nothing to disclose.

PII: S0015-0282(09)03801-1

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.09.051

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 94, Issue 5 , Pages 1744-1747 , October 2010

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