Conditions / Genetic

X-linked spermatogenic failure 8

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A spermatogenic failure characterized by sperm with head and midpiece defects, deformed and detached acrosomes, and markedly reduced progressive motility that has_material_basis_in hemizygous mutation in the CYLC1 gene on chromosome Xq21.1.

Signs and symptoms

  • Reduced progressive sperm motility
  • Coiled sperm flagella
  • Male infertility
  • Oligozoospermia
  • Abnormal sperm head morphology

Also known as: SPGFX8