A correlative study of seminal biochemistry and testicular histology in infertile males.
Indian J Physiol Pharmacol
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1978 Oct-Dec; 22(4): 358-63
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in English
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| ID: sea-108887
ABSTRACT
Two androgen-dependent constituents of the seminal plasma, fructose and acid phosphatase, have been estimated in 50 infertile males along with a testicular biopsy. Azoospermics, as a group, showed a very wide range of fructose (16-600 mg%) as compared to 210-397 mg% in healthy fertile males. Oligospermics tended to have low values with a mean of 218 +/- 75.1 mg%. Acid phosphatase in the controls was 1927 +/- 164.6 K.A. unit/ml and was generally higher in the infertile groups. The state of spermatogenesis, as revealed by testicular biopsy, bore no consistent relationship with the seminal fructose or acid phosphatase. It appears that there may be no inter-relationship between the activity of the germinal epithelium and the secretion of the accessory glands and, although both are androgen-dependent, they can be affected separately by a multitude of factors in human infertility.
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Main subject:
Semen
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Testis
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Acid Phosphatase
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Humans
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Male
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Fructose
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Infertility, Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Indian J Physiol Pharmacol
Year:
1978
Type:
Article
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