Template:Johnsen score table

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Johnsen
score
Description
10 complete spermatogenesis and perfect tubules
9 many spermatozoa present but disorganized spermatogenesis
8 only a few spermatozoa present
7 no spermatozoa but many spermatids present
6 only a few spermatids present
5 no spermatozoa or spermatids present but many spermatocytes present
4 only a few spermatocytes present
3 only spermatogonia present
2 no germ cells present
1 neither germ cells nor Sertoli cells present

Reference: Johnsen SG. Testicular biopsy score count - a method for registration of spermatogenesis in human testes: normal values and results in 335 hypogonadal males. (1970) Hormones 1(1): 2-25. PubMed 5527187