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Isodicentric Yq mosaicism presenting as infertility and maturation arrest without altered SRY and AZF regions

Abstract

The isodicentric Y (idic Y) chromosome is one of the most common aberrations of the human Y chromosome. Due to a structural instability during cell division, patients with idic Y may develop mosaic karyotypes with variable phenotypes. We present a rare case of a 25-year-old male with azoospermia and infertility. In this patient, an idic Yq was characterized by duplication of almost the entire Y chromosome in head-to-head fashion with …

Authors

Lehmann KJ; Kovac JR; Xu J; Fischer MA

Journal

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics, Vol. 29, No. 9, pp. 939–942

Publisher

Springer Nature

Publication Date

September 2012

DOI

10.1007/s10815-012-9822-y

ISSN

1058-0468