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KMID : 0358319930340050880
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Korean Journal of Urology
1993 Volume.34 No. 5 p.880 ~ p.883
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SErum Hormone and Testicular Histologic Changes in Spinal cord Injured Men
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Abstract
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A quantitative assessment of the testicular biopsy, and serum hormone levels(testosterone, prolactin, and follicle-stimulating and luteinizing hormones) were studied in 10 spinal cord injured men and comparison of these parameters to normal
controls
were performed. The mean number of Sertoli cells, mature spermatids, tubular diameter and tubular wall thickness were determined in both groups and analyzed. In the spinal cord injury group the mean number of mature spermatids per tubulewas
significantly lower and the mean number of Sertoli cells per tubule was significantly higher than in controls(p<0.05). Serum testosterone and luteinizing hormone values were significantly higher in the spinal cord injury group than in
controls(p<0.05).
These significant differences of the reproductive dysfunction.
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