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ArticleJBRA assisted reproduction2020

Cytogenetic assessment of Iranian infertile men with undescended testis: A retrospective study.

Neda Sharifi, Marjan Sabbaghian, Faramarz Farrahi, Navid Almadani, Parnaz Borjian Boroujeni, Anahita Mohseni Meybodi

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Neda SharifiDepartment of Molecular Genetic, Faculty of Basic Sciences and Advanced Technologies in Biology, University of Science and Culture, Tehran, Iran.
Marjan SabbaghianReproductive Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, Department of Andrology, ACECR, Tehran, Iran.
Faramarz FarrahiReproductive Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, Department of Andrology, ACECR, Tehran, Iran.
Navid AlmadaniReproductive Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, Department of Genetics, ACECR, Tehran, Iran.
Parnaz Borjian BoroujeniReproductive Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, Department of Genetics, ACECR, Tehran, Iran.
Anahita Mohseni MeybodiReproductive Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, Department of Genetics, ACECR, Tehran, Iran.
Royan Institute · IRAcademic Center for Education, Culture and Research · IR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveUndescended testis (UDT) is a urogenital disease that affects fertility. This study looked into the cytogenetic abnormalities of Iranian infertile patients with UDT.

methodsOur study included 522 infertile patients with UDT (case group) and two control groups, one with 300 infertile men without UDT and another with 268 fertile men.

resultsChromosomal abnormalities were found in 45 patients with UDT (8.62%). Seven of the alterations were considered as normal features. Klinefelter syndrome and mosaicism were the most common anomalies. Chromosomal abnormalities were found in 31 infertile men in the control group (10.33%), 13 of which deemed normal and 18 (6%) anomalous. Nine chromosomal abnormalities were found in the second control group with fertile men (3.35%), six deemed normal and three (1.11%) anomalous.

conclusionDespite the high rate of abnormalities in infertile controls (6%) and the higher rate seen in infertile individuals with UDT indicate a significant prevalence of chromosomal abnormalities in the Iranian population, particularly when the literature suggests that the normal rate of abnormal karyotypes should be within the 0.7-1% range in the general population. The incidence of abnormal karyotypes increased when infertile patients had additional conditions such as UDT.

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AdultCryptorchidismCytogenetic AnalysisFertilityHumansInfertility, MaleIranKlinefelter SyndromeMaleMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiescryptorchidismcytogeneticsIranian populationmale infertilityundescended testis

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