calca-protein--human and Genital-Diseases--Male

To investigate the presence or absence of procalcitonin in the seminal plasma of both normal and subfertile men.. Controlled clinical study.. Academic research environment.. Healthy male volunteers and subfertile men with varicocele or infection of the male accessory glands.. None.. Seminal plasma procalcitonin determinations.. Seminal plasma procalcitonin levels from subfertile men were not significantly different from those found in healthy volunteers.. Although procalcitonin can be detected in the seminal plasma, these preliminary results indicate that it cannot be used as a diagnostic marker.

Topics: Calcitonin; Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide; Genital Diseases, Male; Humans; Infections; Infertility, Male; Male; Osmolar Concentration; Protein Precursors; Reference Values; Reproduction; Semen; Varicocele