AZOOSPERMIA - CLINICAL, HORMONAL, AND BIOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATION

Authors
PAPADIMAS J PAPADOPOULOU F IOANNIDIS S SPANOS E TARLATZIS B BONTIS J MANTALENAKIS S
Citation
J. Papadimas et al., AZOOSPERMIA - CLINICAL, HORMONAL, AND BIOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATION, Archives of andrology, 37(2), 1996, pp. 97-102
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Andrology
Journal title
Archives of andrology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01485016
Volume
37
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
97 - 102
Database
ISI
SICI code
0148-5016(1996)37:2<97:A-CHAB>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical, hormonal, and bioc hemical characteristics of infertile men with azoospermia. A total of 187 azoospermic out of 2610 infertile men (7.2%) were studied. Mean te sticular volume and basal plasma levels of FSH were the most useful pa rameters concerning the evaluation of azoospermia. Basal plasma levels of LH and T were useful only in azoospermic men with hypogonadism, wh ereas plasma PRL levels, semen volume, and seminal plasma fructose lev els were not found to be of common use except in selected cases.