title: Can maturation arrest occur at the stage of spermiogenesis?
abstract: 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.
authors: Laboratory of Pathology, Hippocration General Hospital of Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Papanicolaou
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Papadimas
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Nenopoulou
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Zeginiadou
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Mantalenakis
mesh_terms: 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