Brief clinical report sperm acrosome defects in a patient with Aarskog-Scott syndrome
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Dieter Meschede
Institutes of Human Genetics and Reproductive Medicine, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
Institute of Human Genetics, Vesaliusweg 12–14, D-48149 Münster, GermanySearch for more papers by this authorClaus Rolf
Institutes of Human Genetics and Reproductive Medicine, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
Search for more papers by this authorDorothea-Ch. Neugebauer
Institutes of Human Genetics and Reproductive Medicine, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
Search for more papers by this authorJürgen Horst
Institutes of Human Genetics and Reproductive Medicine, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
Search for more papers by this authorEberhard Nieschlag
Institutes of Human Genetics and Reproductive Medicine, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Dieter Meschede
Institutes of Human Genetics and Reproductive Medicine, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
Institute of Human Genetics, Vesaliusweg 12–14, D-48149 Münster, GermanySearch for more papers by this authorClaus Rolf
Institutes of Human Genetics and Reproductive Medicine, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
Search for more papers by this authorDorothea-Ch. Neugebauer
Institutes of Human Genetics and Reproductive Medicine, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
Search for more papers by this authorJürgen Horst
Institutes of Human Genetics and Reproductive Medicine, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
Search for more papers by this authorEberhard Nieschlag
Institutes of Human Genetics and Reproductive Medicine, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
Search for more papers by this authorAbstract
We describe a man with Aarskog-Scott syndrome. Infertility and recurrent spontaneous abortions were the primary complaints. The andrological examination demonstrated an unusual scrotal anomaly and a defect of sperm acrosomes. © 1996 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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