title: Human seminal transferrin: correlation with seminal and hormonal parameters.
abstract: Transferrin (TF) concentrations were assessed in semen from 10 fertile controls and 79 infertile patients by a radioimmunoassay method. A positive correlation between seminal TF concentration and sperm count was found in the whole sample of patients and within the control group. A statistically significant difference was found between azoospermic and severely oligospermic patients and all the others. No correlation was found with other seminal parameters or hormonal values.
authors.affiliation: Postgraduate School of Andrology, University of Pisa Medical School, Italy.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Canale
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Voliani
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Izzo
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Esposito
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Giorgi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ferdeghini
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Meschini
authors.forename: G F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Menchini-Fabris
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011863:Radioimmunoassay; D012661:Semen / Q000032:analysis*; D013076:Sperm Count; D014168:Transferrin / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D014168:Transferrin