Journal of Andrology Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on the Epididymis
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Table 3. Clinical features of 4 patients with Klinefelter syndrome and spermatozoa in the ejaculate*
Parameter Patient 6544 Patient 7179 Patient 9847 patient 10146

Karyotype 47, XXY 47, XXY 47, XXY 47, XXY
Age (y) 18.6 23.8 19.7 20.2
Virilization Scant Virile Scant Scant
Bitesticular volume (mL) 2.8 2.8 5.1 5.1
LH (U/L) 19.2 15.4 8.9 28.7
FSH (U/L) 37.5 21.1 16.5 41.2
Testosterone (nmol/L) 9.9 11.1 22.6 19.0
Estradiol (pmol/L) 94 88 69 34
Sexual abstinence time (d) 4 4 4 4
Ejaculate volume (mL) 1.1 1.7 2.7 3.0
Motility (WHO grade a + b) 40 0 40 0
Sperm concentration (million/mL) 0.6 <0.1 0.1 <0.1
Normal sperm morphology (%) 10 0 25 0

*FSH indicates follicle-stimulating hormone; LH, luteinizing hormone; and WHO, World Health Organization.





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