منابع مشابه
Male fertility and infertility
in 30–50% of sub-fertile couples the male partner has poor semen quality, either because of low sperm count, poorly motile sperm or sperm with abnormal size and shape (morphology). This may result from inherent genetic factors, poor pre-natal testicular development or adult exposure to gonadotoxic agents. There are few proven therapies to improve semen quality. Therefore, the number and quality...
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Many couples faced with infertility are treated with ovulation induction medications, often referred to as fertility drugs. These medications (such as clomiphene citrate) may help a patient to ovulate who previously was not ovulating or, when given empirically, may induce one or two more follicles to be produced each cycle than the customary one. The second class of fertility drugs (gonadotropi...
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Since 1995, thanks to a large number of studies, Y chromosome microdeletion screening has become part of the routine diagnostic work-up of severe male factor infertility. Many initial contradictory issues such as variability in deletion frequency, markers to be tested, presence of deletions in 'fertile' men, and genotype-phenotype correlation has been resolved. Past and present unresolved issue...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Reproductive Immunology
سال: 1983
ISSN: 0271-7352
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.1983.tb00225.x