• PMID: 16213863
• Gene Name: SYCP3
• Condition: Azoospermia, maturation arrest of spermatogenesis
• Association: Associated
• Sex: Male
• Infertility type: Male infertility
• Associated genes: SYCP3
• Other associated phenotypes: Azoospermia, maturation arrest of spermatogenesis

SYCP3 mutations are uncommon in patients with azoospermia

Stouffs K, Lissens W, Tournaye H, Van Steirteghem A, Liebaers I.

Mutation analysis of the SYCP3 gene was performed for 58 patients with a maturation arrest of spermatogenesis. In contrast to the previously reported high frequency of mutations, only polymorphisms were found in the present study. FAU - Stouffs, Katrien AU - Stouffs K AD - Research Center for Reproduction and Genetics, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Laarbeeklaan, Brussels, Belgium. katrien.stouffs@az.vub.ac.be FAU - Lissens, Willy AU - Lissens W FAU - Tournaye, Herman AU - Tournaye H FAU - Van Steirteghem, André AU - Van Steirteghem A