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TABLE 3. Hormone levels in oligo-azoospermia.

Testosterone LH FSH Etiology
↓ ↑ ↑ Primary testicular disorder (hypergonadotropic hypogonadism) 
↓ ↓ ↓ Hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (secondary to pituitary or hypothalamic disorder)
N N ↑ Seminiferous tubular failure / Sertoli-cell-only syndrome / Status after hemicastration
↑ ↑ N Androgen resistance syndrome / Hyperthyroidism
N N N Disorders of sperm transport (ductal or epididymal obstruction) / Spermatogenic arrest