background: the prevalence of vitamin d deficiency and its causative factors has been estimated more frequently in elder popula­tion, women, and patients with osteoporosis in different countries, but this issue is less defined in male population within different age groups especially in asian countries. therefore, we studied the role of effective factors in vitamin d defi­ciency and its prevale...

conclusions the inhibition of mini-puberty period in male rats was demonstrated to have an effect on their testicular function to some extent. results serum t and lh levels peaked at two hours after birth, while fsh peaked at hour 0, and bilateral testicular weight peaked at four hours after birth. the rats that underwent ether inhalation five minutes after birth had markedly reduced serum horm...

results results showed that dex 1 significantly increased, while dex 30 and groups treated with zinc 10 mg/kg and zinc 20 mg/kg decreased total immobility time as compared to that of saline group. also there was a significant decrease of total immobility time when zinc administered to rats already received dex 1, compared with that of control group. conclusions the current study findings sugges...

background: azoospermia is the medical condition of a man not having any measurable level of sperm in his semen. follicle stimulating hormone (fsh) is a member of the glycoprotein hormone family that plays an important role in human reproduction because of its essential role in normal spermatogenesis. various single nucleotide polymorphisms (snps) have been reported within fsh receptor (fshr) g...