Hormonal Therapy of the Infertile Man
Year: 2003
Type: book-chapter
Abstract: About 10% of couples seek infertility assessment when pregnancy does not occur within a year (1). Among these infertile couples, male factors are primarily responsible for 20–25% and contribute to another 30% of cases; no male or female factor can be identified in approx 15% (2,3). Despite over half of all infertile couples having a male factor contributing to their infertility, most have oligo/asthenozoospermia without a specific diagnosis (“idiopathic”) so that neither cure nor even logical treatment is possible. Indeed, for male infertility, specific treatment, defined as rational medical treatment aim at rectifying a verifiable and sufficient cause, is effectively limited to hormonal treatment of gonadotropin deficiency.
Source: Humana Press eBooks
Authors: Peter Y. Liu, David J. Handelsman
Language: English
Subfield: Reproductive Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W2184132524