Seminal fluid analysis and testicular volume in adults with epilepsy receiving valproate.

Autor: Hamed SA; Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Floor 7, Room 4, Hospital of Neurology and Psychiatry, Assiut University Hospital, P.O. Box 71516, Assiut, Egypt. Electronic address: hamed_sherifa@yahoo.com., Moussa EM; Department of Radiology, Assiut University Hospital, Assiut, Egypt., Tohamy AM; Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Floor 7, Room 4, Hospital of Neurology and Psychiatry, Assiut University Hospital, P.O. Box 71516, Assiut, Egypt., Mohamed KO; Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Floor 7, Room 4, Hospital of Neurology and Psychiatry, Assiut University Hospital, P.O. Box 71516, Assiut, Egypt., Mohamad ME; Department of Andrology, Assiut University Hospital, Assiut, Egypt., Sherif TM; Department of Clinical Pathology, Assiut University Hospital, Assiut, Egypt., Abdellah MM; Department of Pharmacology, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia [J Clin Neurosci] 2015 Mar; Vol. 22 (3), pp. 508-12. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Jan 28.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2014.08.029
Abstrakt: Epilepsy and its medications adversely affect reproductive and sexual functions and fertility. This study aimed to assess sperm parameters and testicular volume in men with epilepsy on valproate (VPA). Included were 55 patients with idiopathic epilepsy with a mean age of 31.86 ± standard deviation (SD) 6.55 years, mean illness duration of 12.50 ± SD 5.10 years, and a mean treatment time of 9.55 ± SD 0.85 years. Sex hormone profile, semen analysis, testicular volume and total seminal plasma carnitine were determined. Compared to controls, patients had lower levels of free testosterone (p<0.01), sperm concentration (p<0.0001) and count (p<0.0001), carnitine (p<0.01), and testicular volume (p<0.01), and higher rates of immotile sperm (p<0.001) and abnormal forms (p<0.0001). Significant correlations were identified between sperm count, motility, immotile sperm, abnormal forms, testicular volume, carnitine levels and duration of illness, duration of treatment with VPA and VPA dose. Multivariable analysis demonstrated that duration of treatment with VPA, sperm count, motility and abnormal forms were significantly associated with seminal plasma carnitine. Long-term VPA treatment is adversely associated with reduced sperm count and motility, increased abnormal sperm count and reduced testicular volume. This may contribute to reduced fertility.
(Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
Externí odkaz: