Can maturation arrest occur at the stage of spermiogenesis?
This article attempts to clarify the pathological condition during which the maturation of the germinal epithelium is unable to evolve beyond a certain stage and is characterized as maturation arrest. Emphasis is given to the histological entity named spermiogenic arrest.
Papanicolaou
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Laboratory of Pathology, Hippocration General Hospital of Thessaloniki, Greece.
Papadimas
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J
Nenopoulou
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Zeginiadou
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Mantalenakis
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S
D006801:Humans; D007248:Infertility, Male / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008540:Meiosis; D009845:Oligospermia / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013079:Sperm Maturation; D013090:Spermatocytes / Q000473:pathology*; D013091:Spermatogenesis