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Case Reports
. 1977 Mar 18;124(4):257-60.
doi: 10.1007/BF00441933.

Absence of spermatogonia in the Prader-Willi syndrome

M L Katcher, G J Bargman, E F Gilbert, J M Opitz
Case Reports

Absence of spermatogonia in the Prader-Willi syndrome

M L Katcher et al. Eur J Pediatr. .

Abstract

Bilateral testicular biopsies in an 81/2 year old boy with the Prader-Willi syndrome showed total absence of spermatogonia. Similar findings in postpubertal cases (Wannarachue et al., 1975) suggest that testicular dysplasia is one of the reasons for hypogonadism in males with the Prader-Willi syndrome.

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