Prolactin secretion in infertile men before and after treatment with bromocriptine

Abstract

Summary. This report studies prolactin secretion in infertile men and the effect of bromocriptine treatment.Twelve

Endocrine Evaluation in Infertile Men with Varicocele

“…Our data provide the first demonstration that as a whole neither basal prolactin levels nor its response to sulpiride were altered in varicocele patients. The literature reports hyperprolactinemia in infertile men, mainly in cases of severe oligozoospermia (Boucher et al -1977); we could not verify this relationship in our series, since the mean spermatozoa count in our patients was 19.1 million per ml. tion of testis.…”

Pituitary Gonadal Function in Infertile Men with Varicocele

“…Some studies suggest that PRL may normally act to stimulate steroidogenesis (Ambrosi et al -1976;Rubin et al -1976;Boucher et al -1077a). Others, however, indicate an inhibitory effect of hyperprolactinemia (Besser and Thorner -1075;Magrini et al -1976;Boucher et al -1977a). Our results suggest PRL increase resulting from spermatogenesis and/or Leydig cell damage.…”

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“…Boucher et al studied the effects of bromocriptine in individuals with hyperprolactinemia and demonstrated that the prolactin secretion was lowered and spermatogenesis which was altered was restored back to normal [33]. Another study by Merino et al showed high levels of prolactin in patients with different infertile conditions like oligozoospermia, asthenozoospermia and azoospermia [34].…”