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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"male factor infertility"”.
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Male Infertility: The Process to Seeking Treatment
Infertility has an effect on both males and females. Current literature focuses on women rather than men. The purpose of this study was to gain an understanding of the process that adult males go through from deciding to conceive to seeking treatment for male-factor infertility. A qualitative …
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Giving a voice to diverse men's experiences of infertility
Infertility is the inability to conceive after at least 12 months of unprotected sexual intercourse (Dooley, Nolan, & Sarma, 2011; Kelly-Weeder, 2012; World Health Organization [WHO], 2016). It is estimated that 8-12% of all heterosexual couples, or 80 million people worldwide, are infertile (Leon, …
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Compounds Modulating Calcium and Motility in Human Spermatozoa
Infertility is a significant global problem, with ART cycles increasing every year. Male factor infertility is the single most common cause of infertility in couples, and as there are no therapeutic targets for males, the only treatment option is ART, which is expensive and invasive with no …
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Strategies to improve artificial insemination by donor
… a widely accepted form of treatment for severe male factor infertility. The introduction of quarantined, cryopreserved semen and the associated reduction in cycle fecundity when compared to fresh semen necessitated the development of strategies to improve the performance of frozen sperm. A …
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Living with infertility: an exploratory study of men’s experience
Research on the infertility realm is mostly dominated by the female experience and on gender differences. Despite the fact that half of the infertility issues are associated with men, research on the male experience remains limited. There has recently been a change since more studies have been …
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IMMUNOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF SEVERE INFERTILE MEN REVEALED ALTERATIONS OF THE LYMPHOID AND MYELOID COMPARTMENTS
Background: Infertility is the inability of a sexually active, non-contraceptive couple to achieve spontaneous pregnancy in one year. It is estimated to affect worldwide up to 15% of couples; overall, a male infertility factor has been found in at least 40% of infertile couples. Several studies …
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Aneuploidy and DNA fragmentation in morphologically abnormal sperm
… reproductive technique for men with severe male-factor infertility. However, ICSI requires the subjective selection of normal looking sperm, which does not preclude the transmission of genetically abnormal sperm. Correlation between abnormal sperm morphology and chromosomal abnormalities has …
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Role of second generation phosphodiesterase inhibitors on mammalian sperm mobility
Over three decades ago, W.H.O. declared infertility as a public health issue; due to its impact on millions of people worldwide. While cases of infertility could be multifactorial (affecting both male and female), 50% of cases are due to male factor infertility and this is mostly characterised by …
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Die Bedeutung der intrazytoplasmatischen Spermieninjektion in der Behandlung der schweren männlichen Subfertilität
… sogar Konzeptionen nach ICSI mittels epididymalen und testikulären Spermatozoen ein. Ein Einfluß der auf Seite der Frau vorliegenden fertilitätsmindernden Faktoren konnte in dieser Arbeit nicht nachgewiesen werden. Demgegenüber scheint die zunehmende Anzahl an behandelten Fällen und die damit …