"Oligospermia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A condition of suboptimal concentration of SPERMATOZOA in the ejaculated SEMEN to ensure successful FERTILIZATION of an OVUM. In humans, oligospermia is defined as a sperm count below 20 million per milliliter semen.
| Descriptor ID |
D009845
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C12.294.365.700.508
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| Concept/Terms |
Oligospermia- Oligospermia
- Hypospermatogenesis
- Hypospermatogeneses
- Low Sperm Count
- Low Sperm Counts
- Sperm Count, Low
- Sperm Counts, Low
- Oligoasthenoteratozoospermia
- Oligoasthenoteratozoospermias
- Oligozoospermia
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Oligospermia" by people in Profiles.
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Portnoi MF, Dumargne MC, Rojo S, Witchel SF, Duncan AJ, Eozenou C, Bignon-Topalovic J, Yatsenko SA, Rajkovic A, Reyes-Mugica M, Almstrup K, Fusee L, Srivastava Y, Chantot-Bastaraud S, Hyon C, Louis-Sylvestre C, Validire P, de Malleray Pichard C, Ravel C, Christin-Maitre S, Brauner R, Rossetti R, Persani L, Charreau EH, Dain L, Chiauzzi VA, Mazen I, Rouba H, Schluth-Bolard C, MacGowan S, McLean WHI, Patin E, Rajpert-De Meyts E, Jauch R, Achermann JC, Siffroi JP, McElreavey K, Bashamboo A. Mutations involving the SRY-related gene SOX8 are associated with a spectrum of human reproductive anomalies. Hum Mol Genet. 2018 04 01; 27(7):1228-1240.
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Awoniyi CA, Reece MS, Hurst BS, Faber KA, Chandrashekar V, Schlaff WD. Maintenance of sexual function with testosterone in the gonadotropin-releasing hormone-immunized hypogonadotropic infertile male rat. Biol Reprod. 1993 Dec; 49(6):1170-6.
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Awoniyi CA, Kim WK, Hurst BS, Schlaff WD. Immunoneutralization of gonadotropin-releasing hormone and subsequent treatment with testosterone Silastic implants in rats: an approach toward developing a male contraceptive. Fertil Steril. 1992 Aug; 58(2):403-8.
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Makler A, DeCherney A, Naftolin F. A device for injecting and retaining a small volume of concentrated spermatozoa in the uterine cavity and cervical canal. Fertil Steril. 1984 Aug; 42(2):306-8.
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Batzer FR, Corson SL. AIH: new approaches to therapeutic insemination. Obstet Gynecol Annu. 1984; 13:289-312.
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Corson SL, Batzer FF. Homologous artificial insemination. J Reprod Med. 1981 May; 26(5):231-42.
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Newton R, Schinfeld JS, Schiff I. Clomiphene treatment of infertile men: failure of response with idiopathic oligospermia. Fertil Steril. 1980 Oct; 34(4):399-400.
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Newton R, Schinfeld JS, Schiff I. The effect of varicocelectomy on sperm count, motility, and conception rate. Fertil Steril. 1980 Sep; 34(3):250-4.