Azoospermia: Clinical, Hormonal, and Biochemical Investigation

J. Papadimas First Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The Aristotelion University, Thessaloniki, Greece

F. Papadopoulou First Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The Aristotelion University, Thessaloniki, Greece

S. Ioannidis First Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The Aristotelion University, Thessaloniki, Greece

E. Spanos First Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The Aristotelion University, Thessaloniki, Greece

B. Tarlatzis First Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The Aristotelion University, Thessaloniki, Greece

J. Bonus First Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The Aristotelion University, Thessaloniki, Greece

S. Mantalenakis First Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The Aristotelion University, Thessaloniki, Greece

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Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical, hormonal, and biochemical characteristics of infertile men with azoospermia. A total of 187 azoospermic out of 2610 infertile men (7.2%) were studied. Mean testicular volume and basal plasma levels of FSH were the most useful parameters concerning the evaluation of azoospermia. Basal plasma levels of LH and T were useful only in azoospermic men with hypogonadism, whereas plasma PRL levels, semen volume, and seminal plasma fructose levels were not found to be of common use except in selected cases.

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