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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1982-6-14
pubmed:abstractText
On the basis of the results in vitro, it seems that the testicle does not respond to the action of the thyroid hormones. The study of the relationship between the blood concentrations of these hormones and the reproductive function of the organ is being made by the Authors as a means of verifying this in vivo. The total blood concentrations of T4, (triioothyronine), and the index of free Thyroxine (IT4L) were therefore evaluated both in normal and infertile subjects. The concentrations of T4 showed a correlation both with the sperm count (r = 0.43, p = less than 0.02), and with the percentage of motile spermatozoa, (r = 0.48, p = less than 0.01). This type of correlation is not found, however, either for the T3 or for the IT4L. These data indicate that the function of the thyroid gland is linked to that of the hypothalamo-hypophyseotesticular axis. It would appear that the peripheric metabolism of the circulating hormones is not involved.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0587-2421
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
12
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
255-60
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1981
pubmed:articleTitle
Male fertility and thyroid hormones.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article