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Molecular cytogenetic and genetic aspects of globozoospermia: a review.
Andrologia - 1 Feb 2013
Perrin A, Coat C, Nguyen M H, Talagas M, Morel F, Amice J, De Braekeleer M
Abstract excerpt
Infertility is estimated to affect up to 15% of couples of reproductive age. Among the male factors, globozoospermia (also called round-headed sperm syndrome) is a rare type of teratozoospermia accounting for <0.1% of male infertility. Lack of acrosome, whose production is a postmeiotic event in spermatogenesis, and round sperm head are its main characteristics. The acrosomeless spermatozoon is unable to go...
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