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Table 1 Semen characteristics and sperm head morphology of patients homozygous for the TSGA10 variant

From: A novel homozygous TSGA10 missense variant causes acephalic spermatozoa syndrome in a Pakistani family

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Patient III:1

Patient III:2

Reference values

Physical informationa

 Age (years)b

43

40

-

 Marriage (years)

19

15

-

 Weight (kg)

68

76

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Semen characteristicsc

 Semen volume (mL)

3.2

2.3

 > 1.5

 Semen pH

7

7

 > 7.2

 Sperm concentration (106/mL)

1

0.5

 > 15.0

 Progressive motility (%)

4*

7*

 > 32.0

 Non progressive motility (%)

42

6

-

 Total motility (%)

46

13*

 > 40.0

 Immotile (%)

54

87

-

 Sperm with normal morphology

-

5

 

Sperm head morphology

 Normal head (%)

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0.03

-

 Absent head (%)

-

31.0

-

 Tapered head (%)

-

16.3

-

 Pyriform head (%)

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19.6

-

 Round head (%)

-

18.3

-

 Amorphous head (%)

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14.2

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  1. aPhysical examination was performed by the local andrologist
  2. bAges at the manuscript submission
  3. cSemen analysis was performed for each infertile individual following the WHO guidelines (World Health Organization, 2010)
  4. *Abnormal values