First successful pregnancy in a globozoospermic patient having homozygous mutation in SPATA16

Karaca, Nilay; Yilmaz, Rabiye; Kanten, Gulcin; Kervancioglu, Elif; Solakoglu, Seyhun; Kervancioglu, Mehmet

doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.04.002

First successful pregnancy in a globozoospermic patient having homozygous mutation in SPATA16

Karaca N., Yilmaz R., Kanten G. E., Kervancioglu E., Solakoglu S., Kervancioglu M. E.

FERTILITY AND STERILITY, vol.102, no.1, pp.103-107, 2014 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 102 Issue: 1
Publication Date: 2014
Doi Number: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.04.002
Journal Name: FERTILITY AND STERILITY
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Page Numbers: pp.103-107
Istanbul University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective: To report the first case of a successful pregnancy obtained with an infertile 29-year-old man with a homozygous mutation in the spermatogenesis-specific gene SPATA16 after intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI).