title: Hypoprolactinemia as related to seminal quality and serum testosterone.
abstract: Semen quality and serum testosterone were studied in six men with hypoprolactinemia (less than or equal to 6 ng/ml) and in normoprolactinemic controls. The incidence of hypoprolactinemia in 92 men attending an infertility clinic was 7.5%. Males with hypoprolactinemia showed in high percentage of disorders (oligozoospermia, 50%; asthenospermia, 75%; hypofunction of seminal vesicles, 67%; and hypoandrogenism, 67%). Hypoprolactinemia is a clinical disorder associated mainly with poor sperm motility.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Investigaciones de la Altura, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru.
authors.forename: G F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Gonzales
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Velasquez
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Garcia-Hjarles
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D007248:Infertility, Male / Q000097:blood / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D011388:Prolactin / Q000097:blood*; D051381:Rats; D012016:Reference Values; D012661:Semen / Q000502:physiology*; D013076:Sperm Count; D013081:Sperm Motility; D013739:Testosterone / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D013739:Testosterone; D011388:Prolactin