TY - JOUR
AU - Maitrot,, B.
AB - Abstract Seminal transferrin is considered a good index of Sertoli cell function. In this study, including 19 control subjects, four vasectomized subjects and 65 non-vasectomized subjects with azoospermia, transferrin was measured concomitantly with other classical biochemical seminal markers such as L-carnitine, fructose and zinc. This parameter should provide additional information for differentiation between obstructive and non-obstructive azoospermia. A threshold value of 85 μ/ejaculate for transferrin was defined in the control and the vasectomized groups. The 65 subjects with azoospermia were divided into five groups according to L-carnitine and transferrin threshold values; the nature of azoospermia (obstructive or non–obstructive) was considered in each group. In the biological investigation of sterility, the measurement of transferrin provided information as to the aetiology of azoospermia. However, the determination of L-carnitine and fructose remains important in the localization of any obstruction azoospermia, human, L-carnitine, transferrin This content is only available as a PDF. © IRL Press at Oxford University Press
TI - Biochemical exploration of azoospermia: interest of the seminal transferrin assay
JF - Human Reproduction
DO - 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a136885
DA - 1989-04-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/biochemical-exploration-of-azoospermia-interest-of-the-seminal-RZKFWUjKWC
SP - 265
EP - 269
VL - 4
IS - 3
DP - DeepDyve
ER -