Open AccessLow total motile sperm in transgender women seeking hormone therapy
Author(s) -
Courtney Marsh,
Megan McCracken,
M. L. Gray,
Ajay K. Nangia,
Katherine F. Roby
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of assisted reproduction and genetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1573-7330
pISSN - 1058-0468
DOI - 10.1007/s10815-019-01504-y
Subject(s) - fertility , sperm , semen , fertility preservation , semen cryopreservation , transgender , semen quality , testosterone (patch) , physiology , andrology , anxiety , medicine , gynecology , psychology , biology , sperm motility , population , psychiatry , environmental health , psychoanalysis
This study was undertaken to compare semen quality, hormonal status, and social factors in transgender women seeking fertility preservation with those of fertile cisgender men. Long-range goals are to establish standard practice measures ensuring optimum semen quality for cryopreservation and fertility preservation in transgender women.