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The objective of this study was to elucidate the cause of the spermatogenic defect in idiopathic azoospermia and non-mosaic type of Klinefelter syndrome. Genomic DNAs from 9 cases of Korean idiopathic azoospermia and 6 of Korean non-mosaic type of Klinefelter syndrome were used for the detection of Y chromosome microdeletions by polymerase chain reaction using 60 primers. Microdeletions of the Y chromosome were found in 1 of 9 (11.1%) patients with idiopathic azoospermia, whereas none was deleted in non-mosaic type of Klinefelter syndrome. This result suggests that Y chromosome microdeletions could be one of the etiologic factors in idiopathic azoospermia.
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Lee, Y., Kim, T., Kim, M. et al. Y chromosome microdeletions in idiopathic azoospermia and non-mosaic type of Klinefelter syndrome. Exp Mol Med 32, 231–234 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/emm.2000.38
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