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spermatogenic failure 42

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A spermatogenic failure characterized by multiple morphologic abnormalities of the flagella resulting in severly impaired sperm progressive motility and infertility that has_material_basis_in homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in the TTC29 gene on ch

A spermatogenic failure characterized by multiple morphologic abnormalities of the flagella resulting in severly impaired sperm progressive motility and infertility that has_material_basis_in homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in the TTC29 gene on chromosome 4q31.22.

Signs and symptoms

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

Also known as: SPGF42