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1183629

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
1976-2-2
pubmed:abstractText
The semen zinc levels were determined in 18 volunteers, 132 patients postvasectomy, and in 19 patients with prostatitis. The mean values for semen zinc were the same in the volunteers and postvasectomy patients. However, the mean zinc concentration in the volunteers and postvasectomy patients was significantly different from that of the patients with prostatitis. When a group of 12 patients with prostatitis was given supplementary zinc sulfate, the levels of semen zinc rose dramatically and were significantly different from those before treatment. As part of an infertility evaluation, 153 specimens from 72 men who had not fathered a child were examined. A complete semen analysis of each specimen was made, including the semen zinc concentration. The specimens were separated into four arbitrary groups with differing fertility potential. The groups were organized by sperm counts (less than 20 million sperm/ml, 20 to 60 million sperm/ml, 60 to 100 million sperm/ml, and greater than 100 million sperm/ml). There was a trend toward increasing zinc concentrations in the groups with increasing fertility potential. Eleven patients with oligospermia and low semen zinc levels were given supplementary zinc sulfate, 80 mg three times/day for 6 months to 1 year. The parameters of the semen analysis improved in all categories. There were three pregnancies during the period of treatment.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0015-0282
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
26
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1057-63
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1975
pubmed:articleTitle
Semen zinc levels in infertile and postvasectomy patients and patients with prostatitis.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study