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Biofeedback, Psychology* ; Electric Stimulation* ; Humans ; Muscles* ; Pelvic Floor*

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Biofeedback, Psychology* ; Electric Stimulation* ; Humans ; Muscles* ; Pelvic Floor*

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Biofeedback, Psychology* ; Electric Stimulation*

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Thorax* ; Ventilators, Mechanical*

PURPOSE: To determine the efficacy of CarnitilR (acetylcarnitine, Hanmi, Korea) therapy in idiopathic oligoasthenospermic men. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Forty-four subfertile men with abnormal semen parameters were treated between March, 2003 and March, 2004 with 3 g of CarnitilR daily for 3 months. Changes in semen parameters were evaluated 3 months after this therapy. RESULTS: The mean age was 34.2 years and the mean follow-up duration was 3.7 months. In asthenospemic patients (n=28), semen analysis before and after CarnitilR treatment showed an increase in volume (2.64+/-1.65 ml vs. 3.10+/-1.60 ml), motility (35.1+/-17.7% vs. 45.9+/-20.4%) and viability (51.4+/-20.3% vs. 59.3+/-13.6%) respectively. In oligoasthenospermic patients (n=16), semen analysis before and after CarnitilR treatment showed an increase in sperm count (10.7+/-54.4 million/ml vs. 38.4+/-32.5 million/ml) respectively. CONCLUSIONS: These results suggested that in idiopathic oligoasthenospermic men the empirical medical therapy with acetylcarnitine may be considered as primary treatment.
Acetylcarnitine* ; Carnitine ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Infertility, Male ; Male ; Semen ; Semen Analysis ; Sperm Count

A survey for nematode and cestode parasites of rodents in Korea has been carried out at the areas of Chulwon, Kumwha, Pochon, Paju and Chungpyong, Kyunggi-Do. A total of 300 rodents of seven species was examined, comprising of 219 A. agrarius, 33 R. norvegicus, 8 R. alexandrinus, 14 Mus musculus yamashinai, Microtus fortis pellceus, 21 Crocidura russula and a Cricetulus trition nester. The following fifteen species belonging to thirteen genera were identified: NEMATODA: Heterakis spumosa, Syphacia obvelata, Nippostrongylus muris, Protospirura muris, Capillaria hepatica, Capillaria sp., Heligmosomum sp., Heligmosomoides sp., Rictularia sp. and Gongylonema sp. CESTODA: Hymenolepis nana, Hymenolepis diminuta, Raillietina coreensis, Paranoplocephala sp. and Cysticercus fasciolaris(the larva of Taenia taeniaeformis).
parasitology-helminth-nematoda-cestoda ; Heterakis spumosa ; Syphacia obvelata ; Nippostrongylus muris ; Protospirura muris ; Capillaria hepatica ; Capillaria sp. ; Heligmosomum sp. ; Cysticercus fasciolaris ; Taenia taeniaeformis ; epidemiology ; rodent

Nevus sebaceus of Jadassohn has been referred to as a organoid nevus that classically evolves through three stages and may be associated with a range of skin tumors, and of these, syringocystadenoma papilliferum and basal cell carcinoma have been commonly reported to occur. The occurrence of keratoacanthoma is a very rare event in nevus sebaceus. Herein we report on a 23-year-old man with nevus sebaceus of the cheek. He represents a keratoacanthoma arising within nevus sebaceus.
Carcinoma, Basal Cell ; Cheek ; Humans ; Keratoacanthoma* ; Nevus* ; Nevus, Sebaceous of Jadassohn ; Organoids ; Skin ; Young Adult

Purpose: The prevalence of microdeletion of the Y chromosome is 13% in non-obstructive azoospermic patients. Klinefelter's syndrome may be found in about 11% of azoospermic patients. The prevalence and correlation of microdeletion of the Y chromosome in Klinefelter's syndrome, which is the most common cause of chromosomal disorders in male infertility, were investigated. Materials and Methods: Hormone tests (Testosterone, LH and FSH) were performed and peripheral genomic DNA of 82 patients detected as Klinefelter's syndrome between September 2001 and December 2003. The microdeletion of the Y chromosome was examined by a PCR technique. The primers used for the PCR were Sequence-Tagged sites (STS) of the long arm of the Y chromosome (sY84, sY129, sY134, sY254 and sY255) and SRY (control). Results: The mean age, and values of testosterone, LH and FSH in the 82 Klinefelter's syndrome patients were 32.71 3.13 years, 1.84 1.31ng/ml, 14.88+/-5.38mlU/ml and 38.79 12.40mlU/ml, respectively. No patient in this study was found to have Y chromosomal microdeletion. Conclusions: As the role of the Y chromosome in the spermatogenesis of male is well known, microdeletion of the Y chromosome causes severe damage to the spermatogenesis in infertile males. A microdeletion of the Y chromosome could not be detected in patients with Klinefelter's syndrome. Therefore, multiple factors or other mechanisms that influence the defect of spermatogenesis in Klinefelter's syndrome may exist.
Arm ; Chromosome Deletion ; Chromosome Disorders ; DNA ; Humans ; Infertility, Male ; Klinefelter Syndrome* ; Male ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Prevalence ; Sequence Tagged Sites ; Spermatogenesis ; Testosterone ; Y Chromosome*

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