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Abscess* ; Animals ; Immunoglobulin G* ; Mice*

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Animals ; Liposarcoma* ; Mice ; Mice, Nude*

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The concentration of transferrin in seminal plasma from 16 cases of normal controls and 61 cases of infertile men has been evaluated in order to identify the relationship between seminal transferrin concentrations, human semen parameters and plasma FSH levels. The seminal transferrin concentrations were found to be significantly lower in patient with azoospermia and oligo-asthenospermia as compared with findings for normal controls(p<0.05). A significant positive correlation was found between sperm count and seminal transferrin levels (r=0.2480, p<0.05). However. no significant correlations were obtained to sperm motility and sperm morphology (p>0.05). No significant differences in seminal transferrin concentration were observed in the groups with obstructed azoospermia. Non-obstructed azoospermia and men who had had a vasectomy (p>0.05). And a significant correlation was not found between seminal transferrin and circulating FSH in patients with azoospermia (p>0.05). In conclusion. it is suggested that seminal tansferrin originates mainly from the testis and is significantly correlated to sperm density. These results, however, results, however, do not clarify whether the cause of azoospermia is obstructed or non-obstructed. So, for the study of patients with azoospermic infertility, the epididymal marker is necessary to differentiate obstructive and non-obstructive cases.
Azoospermia ; Humans ; Infertility ; Male ; Plasma ; Semen ; Sperm Count ; Sperm Motility ; Spermatozoa ; Testis ; Transferrin* ; Vasectomy

Although varying types of cystic lesion, true to false, in the spinal cord have been described, spinal enterogenous cyst is a rare condition. It is considered as a result of congenital remnant of primitive foregut. The authors experienced a case of a spinal enterogenous cyst in the intradural space along the fouth, fifth and sixth cervical spine, occurred in a twenty-seven years old male patient. The cyst was composed of hyalinized fibrous wall with single layered lining epithelium, such as simple non-ciliated cuboidal epithelium or ciliated tall columnar epithelium with focal mucinous columnar epithelium.
Male ; Humans ; Cysts

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Paclitaxel* ; Radioimmunoassay*

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Cardiac Catheterization* ; Cardiac Catheters* ; Child* ; Cineangiography* ; Heart Diseases* ; Heart* ; Humans ; Statistics as Topic*

OBJECTIVE: The effect of basal day 3 luteinizing hormone (LH) and pituitary desensitized day 3 LH level on ovarian response to controlled ovarian hyperstimulation were investigated. METHODS: From January 1999 to December 2001, 445 cycles for in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer (IVF-ET) were allocated to this study. Controlled ovarian hyperstimulation (COH) was performed using long protocol of gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRHa). All patients included in this study had blood samples drawn on cycle day 3 prior to COH and cycle day 3 after pituitary desensitization with GnRHa for measurement of FSH and LH. Infertile women were younger than 43 years old, and had normal menstrual cycle, normal day 3 FSH and LH level (<10 mIU/ml), infertility factor caused by tubal factor, mild endometriosis, unexplained infertility or mild male subfertility. The result of COH and IVF-ET were compared between low LH group and high LH group according to the level of basal LH (3 mIU/ml) and down-regulated LH (1 mIU/ml). RESULTS: The low LH groups were significantly higher FSH:LH ratio, higher dose of exogenous gonadotropin for pituitary desensitization, longer duration of gonadotropin administration. The peak estradiol, number of oocytes retrieved, number of MII oocyte, mean cumulative embryo score (MCES) were significantly lower in the low LH group than the high LH group. There were not significantly differentiation in the duration of pituitary desensitization, fertilization rate and the number of transferred embryos. The clinical pregnancy rate per cycle was not correlated with the value of basal LH concentration, but correlated with the value of down-regulated LH concentration. CONCLUSION: The lower LH activity (basal LH <3 mIU/ml, down-regulated LH <1 mIU/ml) is significantly associated with reduced ovarian response in controlled ovarian hyperstimulation after desensitization with GnRHa. These results suggest that down-regulated LH level 1 mIU/ml may be a useful predictor of the clinical pregnancy rate per cycle after controlled ovarian hyperstimulation.
Adult ; Embryo Transfer ; Embryonic Structures ; Endometriosis ; Estradiol ; Female ; Fertilization ; Fertilization in Vitro ; Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone ; Gonadotropins ; Humans ; Infertility ; Infertility, Male ; Luteinizing Hormone ; Male ; Menstrual Cycle ; Oocytes ; Pregnancy Rate