Method of treating male infertility
AssigneeThe Curators of the University of Missouri
InventorMostafa S. Fahim
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Abstract
Male infertility is treated by increasing the concentration of testosterone in the seminiferous tubules by intratesticular injection of an aqueous suspension of testosterone and/or chorionic gonadotropins without correspondingly increasing the testosterone level in the blood plasma and thereby without substantially interfering with the secretion of the gonadotropins FSH and LH by the pituitary.
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A method of treating infertility in male animals by increasing the concentration of testosterone in the seminiferous tubules without correspondingly increasing the testosterone level in the blood plasma which comprises injecting a sterile aqueous suspension of testosterone into each testis of said male animal, said testosterone being suspended in an injection volume which will not rupture the seminiferous tubules.
A method of treating infertility in male animals by increasing the concentration of testosterone in the seminiferous tubules without correspondingly increasing the testosterone level in blood plasma comprising the steps of selecting a male animal having normogonadotropic idiopathic oligospermia or asthenospermia, disinfecting the skin of the scrotum, palpating the scrotum to locate the epididymis of a testis, injecting a sterile aqueous suspension of testosterone into the midline of said testis in such a way that the head and tail of the epididymis is avoided, said testosterone being suspended in an injection volume which will not rupture the seminiferous tubules.
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