[Chromosomal aberration and infertility]

ABSTRACT

Chromosomal aberrations are one of the causes of infertility. The major chromosomal abnormalities are usually associated with somatic abnormalities. There are also some balanced chromosomal aberrations, without somatic abnormalities however producing unbalanced gametes which result in infertility. The most common of these are balanced translocation. Among 47350 karyotypes performed in our center. There are 664 [1.4%] chromosomal translocation 47 [7%], which are associated with infertility. The sex, and chromosomal aberrations of these cases presented in this paper