Endocrine profile and seminal plasma composition in 45 patients with tuberculoid-type Hansen's disease are reported. There was marked reduction in sperm count and motility (p less than 0.01, p less than 0.01, respectively) with an increase in abnormal forms of spermatozoa (p less than 0.05). The levels of serum prolactin and oestradiol-17B were increased significantly (p less than 0.05, p less than 0.05, respectively) with a marked reduction in serum FSH, LH and testosterone (p less than 0.05, p less than 0.05, p less than 0.05, respectively). The possible significance of these findings may help further to understand male reproductive function in Hansen's disease.
BT - Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6431658?dopt=Abstract CN - SULTAN1984 DA - 1984 DO - 10.1016/0035-9203(84)90103-2 IS - 3 J2 - Trans. R. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. LA - eng N2 -Endocrine profile and seminal plasma composition in 45 patients with tuberculoid-type Hansen's disease are reported. There was marked reduction in sperm count and motility (p less than 0.01, p less than 0.01, respectively) with an increase in abnormal forms of spermatozoa (p less than 0.05). The levels of serum prolactin and oestradiol-17B were increased significantly (p less than 0.05, p less than 0.05, respectively) with a marked reduction in serum FSH, LH and testosterone (p less than 0.05, p less than 0.05, p less than 0.05, respectively). The possible significance of these findings may help further to understand male reproductive function in Hansen's disease.
PY - 1984 SP - 311 EP - 3 T2 - Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene TI - Endocrine profile and seminal plasma composition in Hansen's disease. VL - 78 SN - 0035-9203 ER -