Abstract:
:Selenium (Se) was measured in the semen of 125 men from couples consulting for infertility. A mean concentration of 71.3 +/- 29.7 ng/ml of semen was found, with a range of 7 to 230 ng/ml. More than 85% of the Se is in the seminal plasma. There was a significant positive correlation between sperm count and semen Se. Sperm motility was maximal at semen Se levels ranging between 50 and 69 ng/ml; above and below this range, motility was decreased and the incidence of asthenospermia was high. This result suggests an optimal range for semen Se. A follow-up of 4.5 to 5 years after the initial assay of Se revealed that low semen Se levels (less than or equal to 35 ng/ml) were associated with male infertility. A Se level between approximately 40 and 70 ng/ml was optimal for reproductive performance (high pregnancy rate and low abortion rate). Semen Se levels greater than or equal to 80 ng/ml were associated with a high abortion rate and signs of ovarian dysfunction in the partner (both partners usually have the same diet and environmental exposure). These results attest to the role of Se in human reproduction, a well-established fact in several animal species. The semen Se level appears to be a useful indicator of Se status versus reproductive function. Further studies are warranted concerning the general aspects of metabolism and mechanism of action of Se in infertile couples before any therapeutic modification of intake of this element can be contemplated.
journal_name
Fertil Steriljournal_title
Fertility and sterilityauthors
Bleau G,Lemarbre J,Faucher G,Roberts KD,Chapdelaine Asubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1984-12-01 00:00:00pages
890-4issue
6eissn
0015-0282issn
1556-5653pii
S0015-0282(16)48261-0journal_volume
42pub_type
杂志文章abstract:OBJECTIVE:To determine the difference between two laparoscopic methods for the management of endometriomas with regard to recurrence of signs and symptoms and pregnancy rate. DESIGN:Prospective, randomized clinical trial. SETTING:Infertility and gynecologic endoscopy units of two medical university hospitals. PATIEN...
journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,多中心研究,随机对照试验
doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.04.067
更新日期:2004-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether cigarette smoking affects the blood lead levels (BLL) and whether exposure to lead introduces sperm chromatin DNA damage in factory workers. DESIGN:Cross-sectional study. SETTING:A battery plant in Taiwan. PATIENT(S):Eighty male workers employed within a battery plant. INTERVENTION(...
journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.01.005
更新日期:2009-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)41471-8
更新日期:1975-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To estimate the potential annual cost savings of methotrexate (MTX) therapy for ectopic pregnancy (EP) at our institution and nationally. DESIGN:Retrospective. SETTING:San Francisco General Hospital. PATIENTS:All patients treated for EP in 1991. INTERVENTIONS:Medical records and billing statements were re...
journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1993-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To investigate the association of AMH and AMHRII polymorphisms with reproductive abilities in a sample of women with idiopathic infertility. DESIGN:Case-control study. SETTING:University Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and University Unit of Clinical Genetics. PATIENT(S):76 women with idiopathic s...
journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.05.025
更新日期:2010-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Although the most well-known function of vascular endothelial growth factor is its angiogenic activity, it plays more than a simple angiogenic role in the female reproductive system as it is involved in a number of key events in the course of the ovulatory cycle. The modulation of vascular endothelial growth factor ex...
journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.05.059
更新日期:2005-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To determine the optimum menstrual cycle time to initiate a long-protocol gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRH-a) down-regulation regimen before hMG stimulation before IVF. DESIGN:Randomized, prospective, single, first cycle study. SETTING:University teaching hospital. PATIENTS:Eighty-six infertile...
journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)58571-9
更新日期:1996-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::To explore the abnormal steroidogenesis in subjects with primary testicular failure, we measured serum levels of testosterone (T) and its precursors androstenedione (delta 4A) and 17-hydroxyprogesterone (17-OHP) in the basal state and after stimulation by human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) for 4 hours (acute reserve) ...
journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)46401-0
更新日期:1982-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To evaluate clinical outcomes of day 2 versus day 3 ET using a culture media with no glucose or phosphate. DESIGN:Retrospective clinical study. SETTING:Hospital-based fertility clinic. PATIENT(S):One hundred seventy-six IVF-ET patients undergoing controlled ovarian supraovulation. INTERVENTION(S):IVF and ...
journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(97)00499-8
更新日期:1998-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To determine the effect of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) on cardiac structure and function and whether these changes are related to changes in blood volume. DESIGN:Open-label pilot study. SETTING:Academic medical center. PATIENT(S):Eighteen healthy postmenopausal women. INTERVENTION(S):We administered...
journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(98)00398-7
更新日期:1999-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effect of estrogen and progestogen on the resistance to blood flow in the uterine arteries of Turner's syndrome patients. DESIGN:Prospective clinical study. SETTING:A tertiary infertility clinic. PATIENTS:Five Turner's syndrome patients, six patients who had surgical castration, and five...
journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)57968-0
更新日期:1995-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::To date, ovum donation (OD) has involved luteinizing hormone (LH) synchronization between recipient and donor for normally cycling women, and a complex steroid replacement regimen given on a sequential and incremental basis for women with primary or secondary ovarian failure. The authors designed a simple hormonal reg...
journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)59354-6
更新日期:1987-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To compare the expression protein profile of seminal plasma from infertile men with oligoasthenoteratozoospermia (OAT) due to oxidative stress with that of healthy, fertile men to determine the proteins indicative of infertility. DESIGN:Experimental study. SETTING:University hospital and research institute....
journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2013.03.048
更新日期:2013-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To determine the rearrangement of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) in unfertilized human oocytes and compromised embryos to evaluate the fertilization capacity of oocytes. DESIGN:Prospective laboratory research. SETTING:IVF laboratory in a university hospital. PATIENT(S):One hundred twenty-four unfertilized oocyt...
journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(02)02994-1
更新日期:2002-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)55993-7
更新日期:1993-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To enable serodiscordant couples to reproduce while minimizing the risk of infecting the female partner and to demonstrate the feasibility of including these couples in an insemination program. DESIGN:Prospective follow-up study. SETTING:Ambulatory IUIs. PATIENT(S):Fifty-six HIV-1-serodiscordant couples wi...
journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.02.128
更新日期:2004-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::The human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) beta subunit curve of normal singleton in vitro fertilization (IVF) pregnancies shows cyclic peaks during the first 56 days after embryo transfer (ET). This phenomenon is not demonstrable in normal spontaneous conceptions. The hCG curves of 151 singleton IVF pregnancies achieved ...
journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1986-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::A rabbit model was used to examine adhesion formation after ovarian wedge resection with and without reapproximation of the ovarian cortex. A wedge resection was completed on one ovary with a scalpel, and the ovarian cortex was reapproximated using microsurgical technique. In the contralateral ovary, a wedge resection...
journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1990-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To study social and demographic differentiation of assisted reproduction technology (ART) use at the population level in the United States. DESIGN:Population-based study. SETTING:Not applicable. PATIENT(S):Women 15-49 years old in the American Community Survey and National Vital Statistics Birth Certificat...
journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2019.07.1323
更新日期:2019-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To measure the use of infertility treatments in the general population and their association with neonatal health. DESIGN:Cross-sectional, population-based study. SETTING:Canton of Vaud, Switzerland; Etude du Developpement des Nouveau-nés (EDEN), a prospective study of chronic childhood conditions. PATIENT...
journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(97)00468-8
更新日期:1998-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.05.057
更新日期:2010-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To quantify the risk of recurrent early pregnancy loss in the presence of elevated fasting or afterload homocysteine concentrations or homozygosity for the 677C-->T mutation in the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) gene (T/T genotype). DESIGN:Case-control studies published between January 1992 and ...
journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章,meta分析
doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(00)01595-8
更新日期:2000-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To study the interobserver reproducibility of our new ultrasonographic mapping system to define the type and extension of uterine adenomyosis. DESIGN:Interobserver study involving two observers with different medical backgrounds and gynecological ultrasound experience. SETTING:University hospital. PATIENTS...
journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2018.06.031
更新日期:2018-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To discuss, on the basis of the experience of two clinical cases and extensive literature review, the significance of extremely low levels of anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH), also known as Müllerian-inhibiting substance, in infertile women. DESIGN:Case report. SETTING:University-based infertility clinic at a m...
journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.03.084
更新日期:2008-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To analyze prognostic factors that are associated with a discordant outcome in egg recipients sharing oocytes from the same donor. DESIGN:Matched case-control single-center study. SETTING:Private infertility clinic. PATIENT(S):Four hundred forty-four recipients (222 pairs) sharing oocytes from the same don...
journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.01.054
更新日期:2007-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To test by genomic analysis whether empty follicle syndrome (EFS) in a family with two affected sisters has a genetic basis. DESIGN:Whole-exome sequencing in the context of clinical genetics. SETTING:University hospital. PATIENT(S):Two women (36 and 32 years old at the time of the study) with EFS. INTERVE...
journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.05.057
更新日期:2011-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To improve posttransplantation survival of frozen-thawed human ovarian tissue in immunodeficient mice. DESIGN:Histologic study of transplanted human ovaries after treating the host and graft. SETTING:Infertility unit, university-affiliated tertiary medical center. PATIENT(S):Ovarian tissue from six girls/w...
journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.07.1082
更新日期:2011-03-15 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To investigate the influence of folic acid supplementation on the follicular fluid concentrations of folate and total homocysteine and their relationship to the diameter of the follicle. DESIGN:Observational study. SETTING:Tertiary referral fertility clinic at the Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rott...
journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.06.036
更新日期:2008-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To investigate a new role of interleukin (IL)-17A in endometriosis. DESIGN:Laboratory study. SETTING:University hospital. PATIENT(S):Patients with ovarian endometrioma undergoing laparoscopy or laparotomy. INTERVENTION(S):Primary culture of endometrioma stromal cells (EoSCs) was stimulated with IL-17A. Se...
journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2012.07.1117
更新日期:2012-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the role of 3,3',5-triiodothyronine (T(3)) on ovarian follicle development in vitro. DESIGN:Experimental study. SETTING:University reproductive biology unit. ANIMAL(S):CD1 mice (female). INTERVENTION(S):In vitro culture. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S):Assessment of follicle and oocyte development fo...
journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2003.11.014
更新日期:2004-03-01 00:00:00