Open AccessDoes blood transfusion affect pituitary gonadal axis and sperm parameters in young males with sickle cell disease?
Author(s) -
Ashraf T. Soliman,
Mohamed Salleh Mohamed Yasin,
Ahmed Elawwa,
Mohamed Abdel-Rahman,
Vincenzo De Sanctis
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
indian journal of endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.456
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2230-9500
pISSN - 2230-8210
DOI - 10.4103/2230-8210.122599
Subject(s) - medicine , sperm , luteinizing hormone , follicle stimulating hormone , testosterone (patch) , sperm motility , regimen , andrology , exchange transfusion , endocrinology , hormone , physiology
We evaluated the effect of packed red cell transfusion (PCTx) on serum concentrations of gonadotropins luteinizing hormone and follicle-stimulating hormone (LH and FSH) and testosterone (T) levels and measured sperm parameters in young adults with sickle cell disease (SCD) on top-up transfusion (TTx) and those on exchange transfusion (ETx) regimen.