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Table 2 Testicular histology of patients with partial or complete AZFc deletions by clinical presentation

From: Relationship between AZFc deletions and testicular histology in infertile South Chinese men with azoospermia and severe oligospermia

 

Partial AZFc deletion

Complete AZFc deletion

Total

SCOS

MA

HP

SCOS

MA

HP

Secretory azoospermia (n A = 165)

4

4

2

3

4

1

18

Severe oligozoospermia (n s = 173)

3

8

4

2

3

1

21

Total (n T = 338)

7

12

6

5

7

2

39

  1. Secretory azoospermia = no sperm in ejaculate; severe oligozoospermia = sperm count < 1 million/ml
  2. SCOS sertoli cell-only syndrome, MA maturation arrest, HP hypospermatogenesis