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[Advances in the molecular genetic studies of acephalic spermatozoa syndrome].
Zhonghua nan ke xue = National journal of andrology - 1 Sept 2019
Li Lin, Wang Jing-Shang, Yin Cheng-Hong, Yue Wen-Tao
Abstract excerpt
Acephalic spermatozoa syndrome (ASS) is characterized by a predominance of headless spermatozoa with abnormal head-tail junction in the ejaculate, which causes severe male infertility. The pathogenic mechanism of ASS remained unclarified for a long time until recent identification of the four ASS-associated genes SUN5, PMFBP1, TSGA10, and BRDT and their mutations due to the development of high-throughput...
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