Trophic effects on testes in paraplegics.
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.
Chapelle
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PA
Service de Rééducation Neurologique, Hôpital Raymond Poincaré, Garches, France.
Roby-Brami
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A
Jondet
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M
Piechaud
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T
Bussel
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B
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*
D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones; D010830:Physostigmine