Urinary Vasopressin in Male Infertility

ACUPUNCTURE AND MALE INFERTILITY About male infertility

The clinical definition of male infertility is the presence of abnormal semen parameters in the male partner of a couple who have been unable to conceive after 1 year of unprotected intercourse (Dohle 2010). The World Health Organization defines male factor infertility as the presence of one or more abnormalities in the semen analysis, or the presence of inadequate sexual or ejaculatory functio...

Alexithymia in male infertility.

The continuing confrontation with the thoughts and feelings surrounding an unfulfilled wish for a child makes coping very difficult. There is empirical evidence that, in medical illnesses associated with stress and loss of quality of life, patients react with alexithymia, which means a difficulty to communicate emotions. In this study we compared 84 infertile men with a group of 96 healthy men ...

Testicular microlithiasis in male infertility.

Testicular microlithiasis was found in a 30-year-old infertile man. The literature is reviewed and the possible influence of testicular microlithiasis on male infertility is discussed.

Gonadotropin Treatment in Male Infertility

Genetic Testing in Male Infertility

Infertility is a major health problem which affects approximately 22% of married couples in reproductive age. The apparent increased incidence of male infertility, in parallel with the widespread use of in vitro fertilization (IVF), raises concern as to the impact of advanced assisted conception techniques in transmitting genetic anomalies to the offspring. Recent research has widely focused on...