Ambreen Khalid, Muhammad Humayoun, Sana Asmat.
Hormonal evaluation of infertile Pakistani males with normal and abnormal Semen Parameters..
Pak J Med Health Sci Jan ;12(2):489-91.

Background: Germ cell development is primarily regulated by Gonadotropins and testosterone . Abnormal spermatogenesis is often associated with altered serum Altered serum levels of gonadotropins and testosterone results in abnormalities of spermatogenesis. Aim: To find out the hormonal status of infertile men with respect to semen parameters. Methods: FSH and testosterone levels were estimated in 200 infertile men reporting at Gynecology Department of two hospital and a private infertility clinic of Lahore. Out of these 200 infertile males 19 were azoospermic (19.2%), 23 were oligozoospermic (23.2%), 31 Asthenozoospermia (31.3%), 20 had teratozoospermia(20.2) and 6 had Oligoasthenoteratozoospermia (OAT) (6.1%) while 101 had normal semen parameters. Results: Levels of serum FSH and Testosterone were in normal range and not significantly (p <0.05) different infertile males with normal and abnormal Semen Parameters .

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