title: Endocrine causes of male infertility.
abstract: Although endocrinopathies are not often seen in infertile men, these disorders are clinically significant; they often have potentially serious medical significance, regardless of fertility issues. Correction of these disorders represents a possible way to restore normal fertility for the male partner. Male fertility is critically dependent upon a normal hormonal milieu. The hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis is quite sensitive to disruption by endocrine disorders and other generalized medical disorders. Thus, male infertility is occasionally the presenting sign for significant underlying medical disease; it is important to properly evaluate these patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 601 North Caroline Street, Baltimore, MD 21287-0850, USA. jjarow@jhmi.edu
authors.forename: Jonathan P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Jarow
mesh_terms: D004700:Endocrine System Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006728:Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007030:Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System; D007246:Infertility / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D006728:Hormones