RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HORMONE LEVELS AND TESTICULAR BIOPSIES OF AZOOSPERMIC MEN

G. MERINO Gynecologic Endocrinology/Andrology Service, Hospital de Ginecologia y Obstetricia “Luis Castelazo Ayala,” Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico, DF

J. C. MARTINEZ-CHEQUER Research Unit of Reproductive Medicine, Hospital de Ginecologia y Obstetricia “Luis Castelazo Ayala,” Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico, DF

R. G. CHAN Endocrinology Laboratory, Hospital de Ginecologia y Obstetricia “Luis Castelazo Ayala,” Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico, DF

L. S. CUEVAS Endocrinology Laboratory, Hospital de Ginecologia y Obstetricia “Luis Castelazo Ayala,” Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico, DF

S CARRANZA-LIRA Gynecologic Endocrinology/Andrology Service, Hospital de Ginecologia y Obstetricia Luis Castelazo Ayala, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico, DF

Abstract

This study was conducted to evaluate the testicular biopsies and the sera levels of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), luteinizing hormone (LH), estradiol (E2), testosterone (T), and prolactin (PRL) in 96 azoospermic men attending the Andrology Clinic. Plasma levels of FSH were the most common hormone abnormality in the evaluation of azoospermia. Plasma levels of LH and T were useful only in azoospermic men with hypogonadism, whereas plasma PRL levels rarely occurred in azoospermia.

Keywords

Azoospermia;Fsh Lh;Prl;t;Testicular Biopsies

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