Relationship between hormone levels and testicular biopsies of azoospermicmen

Authors
Merino, G Martinez-Chequer, JC Chan, RG Cuevas, MD Carranza-Lira, S
Citation
G. Merino et al., Relationship between hormone levels and testicular biopsies of azoospermicmen, ARCH ANDROL, 42(3), 1999, pp. 145-149
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
da verificare
Journal title
ARCHIVES OF ANDROLOGY
ISSN journal
01485016 → ACNP
Volume
42
Issue
3
Year of publication
1999
Pages
145 - 149
Database
ISI
SICI code
0148-5016(199905/06)42:3<145:RBHLAT>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
This study was conducted to evaluate the testicular biopsies and the sera l evels of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), luteinizing hormone (LH), estr adiol (E2), testosterone (T), and prolactin (PRL) in 96 azoospermic men att ending the Andrology Clinic. Plasma levels of FSH were the most common horm one abnormality in the evaluation of azoospermia. Plasma levels of LH and T were useful only in azoospermic men with hypogonadism, whereas plasma PRL levels rarely occurred in azoospermia.