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Testicular biopsies and hormone profiles were obtained from 23 paraplegic patients who had sustained a complete spinal cord section. The hormone profiles were normal, but patients with a spinal lesion including the T10-L2 metameres showed a particular pattern of germinal cell abnormalities. The atrophy is multifactorial, but may well include destruction of the sympathetic innervation of the testis by the lesion.
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Chapelle, P., Roby-Brami, A., Jondet, M. et al. Trophic effects on testes in paraplegics. Spinal Cord 31, 576–583 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1038/sc.1993.93
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