Author/Editor		Medica, I; Gligorievska, N; Prenc, M; Peterlin, B
Title		Y microdeletions in the Istria country, Croatia
Type		članek
Source		Asian J Androl
Vol. and No.		Letnik 7, št. 2
Publication year		2005
Volume		str. 213-6
Language		eng
Abstract		Aim: To establish the frequency of Y chromosome microdeletions in an unselected group of infertile Croatian men. Methods: An unse group of 105 patients (male partners of infertile couples), both with idiopathic and non-idiopathic infertility, consecutively referred to the outpatient infertility clinic, gynecology department, General Hospital Pula, Istria County, Croatia, was examined for the presence or ab Y chromosome microdeletions by polymerase chain reaction analysis. Results: One of the 105 men (0.95 %, 95 % CI = 0.17-5.2 %) v found to have a microdeletion. Conclusion: A low frequency of Y chromosome microdeletions was found in the group of unselected in Croatian men.
Descriptors		INFERTILITY, MALE Y CHROMOSOME SEX CHROMOSOME ABNORMALITIES CHROMOSOME DELETION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION