Sertoli cell-only syndrome

**Sertoli cell-only syndrome**
*Classification & external resources*
OMIM	305700
DiseasesDB	31907
eMedicine	med/2104
MeSH	D054331

Sertoli cell-only syndrome (a.k.a. Del Castillo syndrome) is a disorder characterized by male sterility without sexual abnormality. It is the result of absent seminiferous tubules in the testes of germinal epithelium, while Sertoli cells are present.^[1]

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1 Features
2 Diagnosis
3 Pathophysiology
4 Treatment
5 Epidemiology
6 References

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Diagnosis

Pathophysiology

Treatment

Epidemiology

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^ Online Medical Dictionary. [1].

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Categories: Endocrinology | Syndromes | Genetic disorders

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