Kristiina Lillepea, Anna-Grete Juchnewitsch, Laura Kasak, Anu Valkna, Avirup Dutta, Kristjan Pomm, Olev Poolamets, Liina Nagirnaja, Erik Tamp, Eisa Mahyari, Vladimir Vihljajev, Stanislav Tjagur, Sofia Papadimitriou, Antoni Riera-Escamilla, Nassim Versbraegen, Ginevra Farnetani, Helen Castillo-Madeen, Mailis Sütt, Viljo Kübarsepp, Sven Tennisberg, Paul Korrovits, Csilla Krausz, Kenneth I Aston, Tom Lenaerts, Donald F Conrad, Margus Punab, Maris Laan
Infertility, affecting ∼10% of men, is predominantly caused by primary spermatogenic failure (SPGF). We screened likely pathogenic and pathogenic (LP/P) variants in 638 candidate genes for male infertility in 521 individuals presenting idiopathic SPGF and 323 normozoospermic men in the ESTAND cohort. Molecular diagnosis was reached for 64 men with SPGF (12%), with findings in 39 genes (6%). The yield did not differ significantly between the subgroups with azoospermia (20/185, 11%), oligozoospermia (18/181, 10%), and primary cryptorchidism with SPGF (26/155, 17%)...
April 12, 2024: American Journal of Human Genetics