Sperm quality and pregnancy rate after COX-2 inhibitor therapy of infertile males with abacterial leukocytospermia
Author(s) -
Laura Gambera,
Francesca Serafini,
Giuseppe Morgante,
Riccardo Focarelli,
Vincenzo De Leo,
Paola Piomboni
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
human reproduction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.446
H-Index - 226
eISSN - 1460-2350
pISSN - 0268-1161
DOI - 10.1093/humrep/del490
Subject(s) - rofecoxib , pregnancy rate , pregnancy , andrology , gynecology , insemination , sperm quality , medicine , intrauterine insemination , sperm , cyclooxygenase , biology , biochemistry , genetics , enzyme
Leukocytes are a frequent finding in seminal plasma of infertile males with abacterial inflammation. We evaluated the effects of treatment with rofecoxib, a cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor, on sperm quality and pregnancy rate after intrauterine insemination (IUI) or monitored intercourse.
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