… 2.1 Patients A total of 476 Tunisian infertile patients with idiopathic oligozoospermia or
azoospermia were enrolled in the study. These infertile men with sperm disorders were referred …

… In the present study, the percentage of chromosomal abnormalities amongst infertile men
with severe oligozoospermia and azoospermia was 7.5% and 10.7%, respectively. The most …

Various nuclear sperm alterations are reported in patients with syndromic teratozoospermia;
however, this has not been clearly identified yet in total polymorphic teratozoospermia. The …

… patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of this condition in Tunisia
and estimate the frequency of c.144delC mutation among infertile and control populations. …

… of idiopathic azoospermic and oligozoospermic men originating from the center of Tunisia
and to provide information on the type and prevalence of Y microdeletions in these patients. …

… Genetic risk factors in infertile men with severe oligozoospermia and azoospermiaHum
Reprod171316. Dohle GR, Halley DJ, Van Hemel JO, et al. (2002) Genetic risk factors in infertile …

… 8% in NOA men and 3-5% in severely oligozoospermic men [10, 47]. According to the
studies carried out by various Tunisian researches, the frequency of AZF microdeletions in NOA …

… If we consider only the azoospermia or severe oligospermia patients, the frequency of
deletions increased up to 28%. These data add to the growing literature showing that …

… No microdeletions were detected in the men with severe oligozoospermia. In the azoospermic
group, 2/74 (2.7%) patients showed Y chromosome microdeletions. Both had complete …

… In this work, we found that 9.5% of patients with azoospermia or severe oligozoospermia
had Yq microdeletions, which ranges with the reported frequency. However, our finding was …