title: [Changes of semen quality in uremia patients].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the changes of the semen quality in uremia patients before renal transplantation.
  
  
  METHODS
  The semen of 24 patients with uremia and 12 normal volunteers was analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The semen volume, sperm motility, survival rate, density and morphological normality percentage were (2.5 +/- 0.4) ml, (13.4 +/- 3.9)%, (25.4 +/- 5.6)%, (20.6 +/- 4.5) x 10(6)/ml and (16.8 +/- 2.1)%, respectively, significantly lower than those of the normal group (P < 0.01).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Semen qualities were lowered significantly and spermatogenesis severely affected in patients with uremia.
authors.affiliation: Renal Transplantation Center, the 117th Hospital of PLA, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310013, China. nnabb@sina.com.cn
authors.forename: Longgen
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Huiming
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Qizhe
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Xiaoping
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Qi
authors.forename: Xinhong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Junrong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Zongfu
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Shao
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012661:Semen / Q000502:physiology*; D013076:Sperm Count; D013081:Sperm Motility; D013091:Spermatogenesis / Q000502:physiology; D014511:Uremia / Q000503:physiopathology*