Ser·to·li-·cell-·on·ly syn·drome
(sĕr-tō'lē), [MIM*305700] the absence from the seminiferous tubules of the testes of germinal epithelium, only Sertoli cells are present; there is sterility due to azoospermia but no other sexual abnormality, Leydig cells are normal, but the level of gonadotrophins in the plasma and urine is increased; probably represents one form of seminiferous tubule dysgenesis.
Ser·to·li-·cell-·on·ly syn·drome
(sĕr-tō'lē), [MIM*305700] the absence from the seminiferous tubules of the testes of germinal epithelium, only Sertoli cells are present; there is sterility due to azoospermia but no other sexual abnormality, Leydig cells are normal, but the level of gonadotrophins in the plasma and urine is increased; probably represents one form of seminiferous tubule dysgenesis.
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Ser·to·li-cell-on·ly syn·drome
(ser-tō'lē-sel-ōn'lē sin'drōm) The absence from the seminiferous tubules of the testes of germinal epithelium, Sertoli cells alone being present; there is sterility due to azoospermia, but Leydig cells are normal; the output of gonadotrophins in the urine is increased.
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Sertoli,
Enrico, Italian histologist, 1842-1910. Sertoli cell tumor - a testicular tumor. Synonym(s): androblastoma
Sertoli cells - elongated cells in the seminiferous tubules to which spermatids are attached during spermiogenesis. Synonym(s): nurse cells
Sertoli columns
Sertoli-cell-only syndrome - the absence from the seminiferous tubules of the testes of germinal epithelium, Sertoli cells alone being present. Synonym(s):
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