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Table 3 Testicular histology of patients with idiopathic infertility by location of AZFc deletion

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

 

Testicular histology

Partial AZFc deletion

Complete AZFc deletion

Total

gr/gr deletion

b1/b3 deletion

b2/b3 deletion

b2/b4 deletion

Secretory azoospermia (n A = 165)

SCOS

3

0

1

3

7

MA

1

2

1

4

8

HP

1

0

1

1

3

Severe oligozoospermia (n s = 173)

SCOS

1

0

2

2

5

MA

7

1

0

3

11

HP

4

0

0

1

5

Total

17

3

5

14

39

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