SPERM CHARACTERISTICS AND HORMONAL PROFILE BEFORE AND AFTER TREATMENTWITH FOLLICLE-STIMULATING-HORMONE IN INFERTILE PATIENTS

Authors
MERINO G CARRANZALIRA S MARTINEZCHEQUER JC BARAHONA E MORAN C BERMUDEZ JA
Citation
G. Merino et al., SPERM CHARACTERISTICS AND HORMONAL PROFILE BEFORE AND AFTER TREATMENTWITH FOLLICLE-STIMULATING-HORMONE IN INFERTILE PATIENTS, Archives of andrology, 37(3), 1996, pp. 197-200
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Andrology
Journal title
Archives of andrology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01485016
Volume
37
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
197 - 200
Database
ISI
SICI code
0148-5016(1996)37:3<197:SCAHPB>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
Fourteen asthenoteratozoospermic (ATZS) patients were treated with 75- IU follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) injections 3 times a week for 3 months. In the group as a whole, sperm motility, viability, and morpho logy were improved, but not significantly. Only 3 patients impregnated their wives following treatment. Semen characteristics of the 3 patie nts whose wives were pregnant showed significant improvement in sperm morphology (p = .001). Only FSH levels were statistically higher (p = .022) than controls. The administration of FSH in weekly doses can imp rove the fertilization potential of sperm.