Human seminal transferrin: correlation with seminal and hormonal parameters.
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.
Canale
D
D
Postgraduate School of Andrology, University of Pisa Medical School, Italy.
Voliani
S
S
Izzo
P L
PL
Esposito
G
G
Giorgi
P M
PM
Ferdeghini
M
M
Meschini
P
P
Menchini-Fabris
G F
GF
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011863:Radioimmunoassay; D012661:Semen / Q000032:analysis*; D013076:Sperm Count; D014168:Transferrin / Q000032:analysis*
D014168:Transferrin