Chromosomal abnormalities and Y chromosome microdeletions in infertile men from Morocco

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Table 5 Comparison of chromosomal anomalies between this study and other similar studies

Authors	Regions	No. of cases	Frequencies %	Prevalence of chromosomal aberration % (No. of men/total No.)
Authors	Regions	No. of cases	Frequencies %	Non-obstructive Azoospermia	Severe Oligospermia Counts < 5 million/ml
Tuerlings et al., 1998 [45]	Netherlands	968	3.51	6.45 % (4/62)	3.47 % (30/865)
Nagvenkar et al., 2005 [11]	India	88	10.22	14.29 % (6/42)	6.52 % (3/46)
Mohammed et al., 2007 [33]	Kuwait	289	7.95	19.44 % (21/108)	1.10 % (2/181)
Ng et al., 2009 [12]	Hong Kong	295	5.08	21.10 % (5/71)	4.46 % (10/224)
Kosar et al., 2010 [5]	South of Turkey	115	4.34	5.43 % (5/92)	0 % (0/23)
Alkhalaf et al., 2010 [46]	Kuwait	142	18.30	data not available	data not available
Mafra et al., 2011 [34]	Brazil	143	6.29	11.62 % (5/43)	4 % (4/100)
Zhang et al., 2012 [32]	Northeast China	135	14.07	17.28 % (14/81)	9.26 % (5/54)
Cavkaytar et al., 2012 [47]	Turkey	332	7.23	11.22 % (22/196)	1.47 % (2/136)
Amouri et al., 2014 [30]	Tunisia	476	10.92	14.10 % (46/328)	4.05 % (6/148)
Our study	Morocco	573	10.47	13.06 % (58/444)	1.55 % (2/129)

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