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spermatogenic failure 39

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A spermatogenic failure characterized by multiple morphologic anomalies of the sperm flagellum, lack of the outer dynein arms in the flagella, and asthenozoospermia that has_material_basis_in homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in the DNAH17 gene on c

A spermatogenic failure characterized by multiple morphologic anomalies of the sperm flagellum, lack of the outer dynein arms in the flagella, and asthenozoospermia that has_material_basis_in homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in the DNAH17 gene on chromosome 17q25.3.

Signs and symptoms

  • Male infertility
  • Reduced sperm motility
  • Coiled sperm flagella
  • Tapered sperm head
  • Absent sperm flagella
  • Oligozoospermia
  • Short sperm flagella

Also known as: SPGF39