OBJECTIVE To explore the therapeutic effect of natural vitamin E (VitE) on oligospermia and asthenospermia in in- fertile men. METHODS We conducted a prospective multi-centered randomized controlled study on 64 infertile men with oligospermia (31 as controls treated with Tamoxifen 10 mg bid and 33 as experimental cases treated with Tamoxifen 10 mg bid + VitE 100 mg tid) and 42 cases of asthen...

Myotonic dystrophy 1 (DM1) is a multi-system disorder characterized by endocrine defects that include testicular and tubular atrophy, oligospermia and azoospermia, and increased follicle-stimulating hormone levels. We describe a rare case of DM1 presenting as infertility in a 29-year-old man.

A correlation between serum levels of luteinizing hormone (LH), total testosterone (T), free T and sex-hormone binding globulin (SHBG) in normospermic and in oligospermic male people was done. This study was designed to measure serum levels of these hormones and of SHBG in people living at different altitude environments relative to sea level: at 209-408 meters below (the Jordan Valley, JV) and...

Introduction: The male factor responsible for infertility includes oligospermia. According to WHO criteria, oligospermia is sperm concentration less than 15 million per millilitre of semen. Vitamin D a steroid hormone synthesized in the skin and derived from diet. A serum level 20 ng/dl regarded as vitamin deficiency. deficiency has been linked many reproductive disorders. This study was design...

Objective: Microdeletions of azoospermia factor (AZF) regions in Y chromosome were a genetic risk factor of spermatogenic failure and male infertility. Most laboratories carried out the AZF microdeletion testing by using peripheral intravenous blood, and AZF microdeletion in spermatozoa of infertile patients was sometimes not identical to that of peripheral intravenous blood due to the existenc...

The diagnosis of a testicular sclerosing Sertoli cell tumor is rare. Approximately 17 cases have been previously described in the literature worldwide. We present a case and review the evaluation and surgical management of a sclerosing Sertoli cell tumor presenting in a 26 year-old African-American adult, in association with testicular microlithiasis and oligospermia. Imaging techniques and the...

Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF), amyloidosis, and colchicine may affect the reproductive system of male and female patients. Colchicine treatment improves female fertility and the outcome of pregnancy and may prevent the development of amyloidosis. However, colchicine may induce oligospermia/azoospermia, but this effect is rare. Overall, colchicine treatment improves the prognosis of patient...

Chromosomal abnormalities represent a significant genetic cause of male infertility because they impair spermatogenesis. The objective the current study was to determine prevalence and distribution chromosomal in Greek men with infertility. Four hundred eighty-eight infertile (27 azoospermic, 168 oligospermia -98 mild, 57 moderate, 13 severe- 293 normospermia) undergoing In <em>Vitro <...