CAN MATURATION ARREST OCCUR AT THE STAGE OF SPERMIOGENESIS?

A. Papanicolaou Laboratory of Pathology, "Hippocration" General Hospital of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

J. Papadimas Special Unit for Reproductive Endocrinology, 1st Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

H. Nenopoulou Department of Pathology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

T. Zeginiadou Special Unit for Reproductive Endocrinology, 1st Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

S. Mantalenakis Special Unit for Reproductive Endocrinology, 1st Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

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.

Keywords

Male Infertility Nonobstructive Azoospermia Spermiogenesis Arrest

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