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Azoospermia and ring chromosome 9—a case report

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Authors Contribution

RJL and BA had the clinical contact to the patient. FT and AR performed all genetic analyses. All authors substantially contributed to drafting and critical revising of the manuscript and the final version was approved by all authors.

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  1. The Fertility Clinic, Skive Regional Hospital, Skive, Denmark

    Rita J. Laursen, Peter Humaidan, Helle Olesen Elbæk & Birgit Alsbjerg

  2. Institute of Human Genetics, University of Münster, Münster, Germany

    Frank Tüttelmann & Albrecht Röpke

  3. Faculty of Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

    Peter Humaidan

  4. Faculty of Health Southern University, Odense, Denmark

    Peter Humaidan

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Laursen, R.J., Tüttelmann, F., Humaidan, P. et al. Azoospermia and ring chromosome 9—a case report. J Assist Reprod Genet 32, 293–296 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10815-014-0388-8

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