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An azoospermic male with presumably balanced reciprocal translocation
Author(s) -
LyberatouMoraitou E.,
Kostaraki P. Grigori,
Goulandris N.,
Lyberatos C.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
clinical genetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.543
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1399-0004
pISSN - 0009-9163
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-0004.1983.tb00452.x
Subject(s) - chromosomal translocation , spermatocyte , karyotype , spermatogenesis , biology , genetics , azoospermia , andrology , chromosome , meiosis , endocrinology , infertility , medicine , gene , pregnancy
This report describes a physically normal man carrying a presumably balanced translocation between chromosomes 2 and 13. His karyotype was 46, XY, t(2;13)(q37;q15). The man was azoospermic. Testicular histology showed an arrest in spermatogenesis at the spermatocyte stage.