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Incomplete Obstruction of the Male Genital Tract: a Cause of Oligozoospermia
Author(s) -
JEQUIER ANNE M.,
CRICH JOAN P.,
HOLMES S. C.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
british journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 0007-1331
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1983.tb03367.x
Subject(s) - azoospermia , obstructive azoospermia , medicine , genital tract , sex organ , gynecology , andrology , physiology , biology , infertility , pregnancy , genetics
Summary— Of 71 patients with obstructive azoospermia, 8 gave a history and/or had documentary evidence of oligozoospermia in the past and 2 gave a history of paternity. Thus a period of oligozoospermia preceded their azoospermia. “Partial obstruction” is therefore postulated as a cause of oligozoospermia.