TY - JOUR
T1 - D‐Tryptophan‐6‐luteinizing hormone‐releasing hormone in the treatment of normogonadotropic oligoasthenozoospermia
AU - Schwarzstein, Luis
AU - Aparicio, Néstor J.
AU - Schally, Andrew V.
PY - 1982/4
Y1 - 1982/4
N2 - D-Tryptophan-6-LH-RH was assessed in the treatment of patients with normogonadotropic oligoasthenozoospermia in 18 subjects selected on the basis of at least 3 spermiograms, long standing infertility, normal LH, FSH, prolactin and testosterone serum levels and lack of evidence of any other pathologic involvement. Testicular biopsies performed on these patients showed hypospermatogenesis with foci of alteration at the spermatid stage in some of them. D-Trp-6-LH-RH was administered im for 90 days as a dose of 5 μg every 2 days, 10 μg daily or 10 μg daily every 2 days. These was no significant improvement in the concentration of spermatozoa or in the motility and vitality parameters. Moreover, in 5 patients who received 10 μg daily, basal levels of LH and FSH and the response to LH-RH, decreased significantly during treatment, D-Trp-6-LH-RH at the dose used in this study does not seem useful for the treatment of oligoasthenozoospermia normogonadotropic patients.
AB - D-Tryptophan-6-LH-RH was assessed in the treatment of patients with normogonadotropic oligoasthenozoospermia in 18 subjects selected on the basis of at least 3 spermiograms, long standing infertility, normal LH, FSH, prolactin and testosterone serum levels and lack of evidence of any other pathologic involvement. Testicular biopsies performed on these patients showed hypospermatogenesis with foci of alteration at the spermatid stage in some of them. D-Trp-6-LH-RH was administered im for 90 days as a dose of 5 μg every 2 days, 10 μg daily or 10 μg daily every 2 days. These was no significant improvement in the concentration of spermatozoa or in the motility and vitality parameters. Moreover, in 5 patients who received 10 μg daily, basal levels of LH and FSH and the response to LH-RH, decreased significantly during treatment, D-Trp-6-LH-RH at the dose used in this study does not seem useful for the treatment of oligoasthenozoospermia normogonadotropic patients.
KW - LH‐RH agonists
KW - oligoasthenozoospermia treatment
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1365-2605.1982.tb00244.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1365-2605.1982.tb00244.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 6213567
AN - SCOPUS:0020081008
VL - 5
SP - 171
EP - 178
JO - International Journal of Andrology
JF - International Journal of Andrology
SN - 0105-6263
IS - 2
ER -