title: [Gonadotropin response to acute stimulation with LHFSHRH in idiopathic oligospermia. Preliminary results].
abstract: Serum FSH and LH levels in basal conditions and after Gn-RH test were investigated in 15 idiopathic oligozoospermic patients. Basal FSH was significantly higher in oligospermic than in normal subjects and a negative relationship was found between basal FSH and sperm count. Basal LH was not different in oligozoospermic and in normal subjects. Both FSH and LH responses to GN-RH were significantly higher in oligozoospermic patients. In idiopathic oligozoospermia the presence of a testicular defect involving both the seminiferous epithelium and Leydig cells is suggested.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone / Q000097:blood*; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D009845:Oligospermia / Q000378:metabolism*; D013076:Sperm Count
chemical_list: D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone; D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone
vernacular_title: Risposta gonadotropinica alla stimolazione acuta con GN-RH nell'oligosppermia idiopatica. Risultati preliminari.