title: Trophic effects on testes in paraplegics.
abstract: Testicular biopsies and hormone profiles were obtained from 23 paraplegic patients who had sustained a complete spinal cord section. The hormone profiles were normal, but patients with a spinal lesion including the T10-L2 metameres showed a particular pattern of germinal cell abnormalities. The atrophy is multifactorial, but may well include destruction of the sympathetic innervation of the testis by the lesion.
authors.affiliation: Service de Rééducation Neurologique, Hôpital Raymond Poincaré, Garches, France.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Chapelle
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Roby-Brami
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jondet
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Piechaud
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bussel
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001284:Atrophy / Q000473:pathology; D004542:Ejaculation / Q000502:physiology; D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D007985:Leydig Cells / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010830:Physostigmine; D012661:Semen / Q000166:cytology; D012671:Seminiferous Tubules / Q000473:pathology; D012708:Sertoli Cells / Q000502:physiology; D013087:Spermatids / Q000502:physiology; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000502:physiology; D013737:Testis / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*
chemical_list: D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones; D010830:Physostigmine