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Rambhatla A, Shah R, Ziouziou I, Kothari P, Salvio G, Gul M, Hamoda T, Kavoussi P, Atmoko W, Toprak T, Birowo P, Ko E, Arafa M, Ghayda RA, Karthikeyan VS, Russo GI, Pinggera GM, Chung E, Harraz AM, Martinez M, Phuoc NHV, Tadros N, Saleh R, Savira M, Colpi GM, Zohdy W, Pescatori E, Park HJ, Fukuhara S, Tsujimura A, Rojas-Cruz C, Marino A, Mak SK, Amar E, Ibrahim W, Sindhwani P, Alhathal N, Busetto GM, Al Hashimi M, El-Sakka A, Ramazan A, Dimitriadis F, Timpano M, Jezek D, Altay B, Zylbersztejn DS, Wong MY, Moon DG, Wyns C, Gamidov S, Akhavizadegan H, Franceschelli A, Aydos K, Quang N, Ashour S, Al Dayel A, Al-Marhoon MS, Micic S, Binsaleh S, Hussein A, Elbardisi H, Mostafa T, Ramsay J, Zachariou A, Abdelrahman IFS, Rajmil O, Kalkanli A, Molina JMC, Bocu K, Duarsa GWK, Çeker G, Serefoglu EC, Bahar F, Gherabi N, Kuroda S, Bouzouita A, Gudeloglu A, Ceyhan E, Hasan MSM, Musa MU, Motawi A, Cho CL, Taniguchi H, Ho CCK, Vazquez JFS, Mutambirwa S, Gungor ND, Bendayan M, Giulioni C, Baser A, Falcone M, Boeri L, Blecher G, Kheradmand A, Sethupathy T, Adriansjah R, Narimani N, Konstantinidis C, Nguyen TT, Japari A, Dolati P, Singh K, Ozer C, Sarikaya S, Sheibak N, Bosco NJ, Özkent MS, Le ST, Sokolakis I, Katz D, Smith R, Truong MN, Le TV, Huang Z, Deger MD, Arslan U, Calik G, Franco G, Rashed A, Kahraman O, Andreadakis S, Putra R, Balercia G, Khalafalla K, Cannarella R, Tuân AÐ, El Meliegy A, Zilaitiene B, Ramirez MLZ, Giacone F, Calogero AE, Makarounis K, Jindal S, Hoai BN, Banthia R, Peña MR, Moorthy D, Adamyan A, Kulaksiz D, Kandil H, Sofikitis N, Salzano C, Jungwirth A, Banka SR, Mierzwa TC, Turunç T, Jain D, Avoyan A, Salacone P, Kadıoğlu A, Gupta C, Lin H, Shamohammadi I, Mogharabian N, Barrett T, Danacıoğlu YO, Crafa A, Daoud S, Malhotra V, Almardawi A, Selim OM, Moussa M, Haghdani S, Duran MB, Kunz Y, Preto M, Eugeni E, Nguyen T, Elshahid AR, Suyono SS, Parikesit D, Nada E, Orozco EG, Boitrelle F, Trang NTM, Jamali M, Nair R, Ruzaev M, Gadda F, Thomas C, Ferreira RH, Gul U, Maruccia S, Kanbur A, Kinzikeeva E, Abumelha SM, Kosgi R, Gokalp F, Soebadi MA, Paul GM, Sajadi H, Gupte D, Ambar RF, Sogutdelen E, Singla K, Basukarno A, Kim SHK, Gilani MAS, Nagao K, Brodjonegoro SR, Rezano A, Elkhouly M, Mazzilli R, Farsi HMA, Ba HN, Alali H, Kafetzis D, Long TQT, Alsaid S, Cuong HBN, Oleksandr K, Mustafa A, Acosta H, Pai H, Şahin B, Arianto E, Teo C, Jayaprakash SP, Rachman RI, Yenice MG, Sefrioui O, Priyadarshi S, Tanic M, Alfatlaw NK, Rizaldi F, Vishwakarma RB, Kanakis G, Cherian DT, Lee J, Galstyan R, Keskin H, Wurzacher J, Seno DH, Noegroho BS, Margiana R, Javed Q, Castiglioni F, Tanwar R, Puigvert A, Kaya C, Purnomo M, Yazbeck C, Amir A, Borges E, Bellavia M, Deswanto IA, Kv V, Liguori G, Minh DH, Siddiqi K, Colombo F, Zini A, Patel N, Çayan S, Al-Kawaz U, Ragab M, Hebrard GH, de la Rosette J, Efesoy O, Hoffmann I, Teixeira TA, Saylam B, Delgadillo D, Agarwal A. Global Practice Patterns and Variations in the Medical and Surgical Management of Non-Obstructive Azoospermia: Results of a World-Wide Survey, Guidelines and Expert Recommendations. World J Mens Health 2024; 42:42.e42. [PMID: 38606867 DOI: 10.5534/wjmh.230339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2023] [Revised: 12/05/2023] [Accepted: 12/07/2023] [Indexed: 04/13/2024] Open
Abstract
PURPOSE Non-obstructive azoospermia (NOA) is a common, but complex problem, with multiple therapeutic options and a lack of clear guidelines. Hence, there is considerable controversy and marked variation in the management of NOA. This survey evaluates contemporary global practices related to medical and surgical management for patients with NOA. MATERIALS AND METHODS A 56-question online survey covering various aspects of the evaluation and management of NOA was sent to specialists around the globe. This paper analyzes the results of the second half of the survey dealing with the management of NOA. Results have been compared to current guidelines, and expert recommendations have been provided using a Delphi process. RESULTS Participants from 49 countries submitted 336 valid responses. Hormonal therapy for 3 to 6 months was suggested before surgical sperm retrieval (SSR) by 29.6% and 23.6% of participants for normogonadotropic hypogonadism and hypergonadotropic hypogonadism respectively. The SSR rate was reported as 50.0% by 26.0% to 50.0% of participants. Interestingly, 46.0% reported successful SSR in <10% of men with Klinefelter syndrome and 41.3% routinely recommended preimplantation genetic testing. Varicocele repair prior to SSR is recommended by 57.7%. Half of the respondents (57.4%) reported using ultrasound to identify the most vascularized areas in the testis for SSR. One-third proceed directly to microdissection testicular sperm extraction (mTESE) in every case of NOA while others use a staged approach. After a failed conventional TESE, 23.8% wait for 3 months, while 33.1% wait for 6 months before proceeding to mTESE. The cut-off of follicle-stimulating hormone for positive SSR was reported to be 12-19 IU/mL by 22.5% of participants and 20-40 IU/mL by 27.8%, while 31.8% reported no upper limit. CONCLUSIONS This is the largest survey to date on the real-world medical and surgical management of NOA by reproductive experts. It demonstrates a diverse practice pattern and highlights the need for evidence-based international consensus guidelines.
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Affiliation(s)
- Amarnath Rambhatla
- Department of Urology, Henry Ford Health System, Vattikuti Urology Institute, Detroit, MI, USA
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- Division of Andrology, Department of Urology, Lilavati Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Urology, College of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ibn Zohr University, Agadir, Morocco
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- Department of Urology, Topiwala National Medical College, B.Y.L Nair Charitable Hospital, Mumbai, India
| | - Gianmaria Salvio
- Department of Endocrinology, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy
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- Department of Urology, Selçuk University School of Medicine, Konya, Turkey
| | - Taha Hamoda
- Department of Urology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University, Minia, Egypt
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- Department of Reproductive Urology, Austin Fertility & Reproductive Medicine/Westlake IVF, Austin, TX, USA
| | - Widi Atmoko
- Department of Urology, Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
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- Department of Urology, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey
| | - Ponco Birowo
- Department of Urology, Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
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- Department of Urology, Loma Linda University Health, Loma Linda, CA, USA
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- Department of Urology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
- Department of Andrology, Sexology and STIs, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
- Department of Urology, Weill Cornell Medical-Qatar, Doha, Qatar
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- Urology Institute, University Hospitals, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
| | | | - Giorgio Ivan Russo
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Urology, Princess Alexandra Hospital, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
| | - Ahmed M Harraz
- Department of Urology, Mansoura University Urology and Nephrology Center, Mansoura, Egypt
- Department of Surgery, Urology Unit, Farwaniya Hospital, Farwaniya, Kuwait
- Department of Urology, Sabah Al Ahmad Urology Center, Kuwait City, Kuwait
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- Section of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Santo Tomas Hospital, Manila, Philippines
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- Division of Urology, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Andrology, Faculty of Medicine, Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt
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- Department of Urology, Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
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- Andrology and IVF Center, Next Fertility Procrea, Lugano, Switzerland
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- Department of Andrology, Sexology and STIs, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Andrology and Reproductive Medicine Unit, Next Fertility GynePro, Bologna, Italy
| | - Hyun Jun Park
- Department of Urology, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Busan, Korea
- Medical Research Institute of Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Korea
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- Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Juntendo University Urayasu Hospital, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Urology, University Hospital of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
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- Reproductive Medicine Unit, ANDROS Day Surgery Clinic, Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Surgery, Union Hospital Reproductive Medicine Centre (Tsim Sha Tsui), Kowloon, China
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- Department of Urology, American Hospital of Paris, Paris, France
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- Department of Obstetrics Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine, Fertility Care Center in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Urology, College of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA
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- Department of Urology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Urology and Organ Transplantation, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy
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- Department of Urology, Burjeel Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Department of Urology, Khalifa University College of Medicine and Health Science, Abu Dhabi, UAE
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- Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt
| | - Asci Ramazan
- 45Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey
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- 1st Urology Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Department of Urology, Molinette Hospital, A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza, University of Turin, Torino, Italy
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- Department for Transfusion Medicine and Transplantation Biology, Reproductive Tissue Bank, University Hospital Zagreb, University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Urology, Ege University Medical School, Bornova, Turkey
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- Department of Surgery, Discipline of Urology, Fleury Group and Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Andrology, International Urology, Fertility and Gynecology Centre, Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Singapore
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- Department of Urology, Korea University Guro Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Gynaecology-Andrology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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- V.I. Kulakov National Medical Research Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Urology, Sina Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Urology, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Center for Andrology and Sexual Medicine, Viet Duc University Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam
- Department of Urology, Andrology and Sexual Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Department of Andrology, Sexology and STIs, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Andrology, Uromedica Polyclinic, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Division of Urology, Deparment of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University, Minia, Egypt
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- Department of Urology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
- Department of Urology, Weill Cornell Medical-Qatar, Doha, Qatar
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- Department of Andrology, Sexology and STIs, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Andrology, Sexology and STIs, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
- Department of Andrology, Armed Forces College of Medicine, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Andrology, Fundació Puigvert, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Urology, Taksim Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Urology Department, Niğde Omer Halis Demir University, Faculty of Medicine, Sirnak, Turkey
| | | | - Gökhan Çeker
- Department of Urology, Başakşehir Çam and Sakura City Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Urology, Biruni University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Andrology Section, Siloam Sriwijaya Hospital, Palembang, Indonesia
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- Department of Medicine, University of Algiers 1, Algiers, Algeria
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- Department of Urology, Glickman Urological & Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Urology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Andrology, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Urology Unit, Department of Surgery, Federal Medical Center, Katsina State, Nigeria
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- Department of Andrology, Sexology and STIs, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Surgery, S. H. Ho Urology Centre, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Department of Urology and Andrology, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Dr. George Mukhari Academic Hospital, Sefako Makgatho Health Science University, Medunsa, South Africa
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Reproductive Endocrinology and IVF Unit, School of Medicine, Bahcesehir University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Reproductive Biology, Fertility Preservation, Andrology, CECOS, Poissy Hospital, Poissy, France
- Department of Biology, Reproduction, Epigenetics, Environment and Development, Paris Saclay University, UVSQ, INRAE, BREED, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Department of Urology, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy
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- Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University, Balıkesir, Turkey
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- Department of Urology, Molinette Hospital, A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza, University of Turin, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Urology, IRCCS Fondazione Ca' Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Surgery, School of Clinical Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
- Department of Urology, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Urology, Golestan Hospital, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
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- Department of Urology, Hasan Sadikin General Hospital, Faculty of Medicine of Padjadjaran University, Bandung, Indonesia
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- Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Hasheminejad Kidney Center, Iran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Urology, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA
- Department of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- Department of Urology, Cho Ray Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Department of Urology, Fertility Clinic, Telogorejo Hospital, Central Java, Indonesia
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- Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Shiraz, Shiraz, Iran
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- Department of Preclinical and Health Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, The University of West Indies, Bridgetown, Barbados
- Windsor Medical Centre, Bridgetown, Barbados
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- Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Urology, Gulhane Research and Training Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Anatomical Sciences, Reproductive Sciences and Technology Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Shahid Akbarabadi Clinical Research Development Unit (ShACRDU), Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Dermatology, Venereology & Andrology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt
| | | | - Sang Thanh Le
- Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University, Minia, Egypt
- Department of Urology, Fertility Clinic, Telogorejo Hospital, Central Java, Indonesia
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- Department of Urology, Martha-Maria Hospital Nuremberg, Nuremberg, Germany
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- Men's Health Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Surgery, Western Precinct, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Urology, Western Health, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Urology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, USA
| | - Manh Nguyen Truong
- Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Shiraz, Shiraz, Iran
- Fertility Centre, Hanh Phuc International Hospital, Binh Duong, Vietnam
| | - Tan V Le
- Department of Andrology, Binh Dan Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- Department of Urology and Andrology, Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, National University Health Systems, Singapore
| | - Muslim Dogan Deger
- Department of Urology, Edirne Sultan 1st Murat State Hospital, Edirne, Turkey
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- Department of Urology, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Urology, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Urology, Policlinico Umberto I, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- 123Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, 6th of October University, Giza, Egypt
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- Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Urology, RSUD Ciawi Regional General Hospital, West Java, Indonesia
| | - Giancarlo Balercia
- Department of Endocrinology, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy
| | - Kareim Khalafalla
- Department of Urology, Princess Alexandra Hospital, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
- Department of Urology, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, USA
| | - Rossella Cannarella
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Tam Anh IVF Center, Tam Anh General Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam
| | - Amr El Meliegy
- Department of Andrology, Sexology and STIs, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Institute of Endocrinology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
| | | | - Filippo Giacone
- HERA Center, Unit of Reproductive Medicine, Sant'Agata Li Battiati, Catania, Italy
| | - Aldo E Calogero
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
| | | | - Sunil Jindal
- Department of Andrology & Reproductive Medicine, Jindal Hospital & Fertility Center, Meerut, India
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- Department of Andrology and Sexual Medicine, Hanoi Medical University Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam
| | - Ravi Banthia
- Department of Urology, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
| | - Marcelo Rodriguez Peña
- Institute of Gynecology and Fertility (IFER), University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
| | - Dharani Moorthy
- IVF Department, Swarupa Fertility & IVF Centre, Vijayawada, India
| | - Aram Adamyan
- Department of Urology, Astghik Medical Center, Yerevan, Armenia
| | - Deniz Kulaksiz
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kanuni Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Trabzon, Turkey
| | | | - Nikolaos Sofikitis
- Department of Urology, Ioannina University School of Medicine, Ioannina, Greece
| | - Ciro Salzano
- PO San Giovanni Bosco, ASL Napoli 1 Centro, Napoli, Italy
| | | | - Surendra Reddy Banka
- Department of Andrology, Androcare Institute of Andrology and Men's Health, Hyderabad, India
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- Department of Urology, Centro Universitario em Saude do ABC, Santo André, Brazil
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- Urology Clinic, Iskenderun Gelisim Hospital, Iskenderun, Turkey
| | - Divyanu Jain
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jaipur Golden Hospital, New Delhi, India
| | - Armen Avoyan
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kanuni Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Trabzon, Turkey
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- Andrology and Pathophysiology of Reproduction Unit, Santa Maria Goretti Hospital, Latina, Italy
| | - Ateş Kadıoğlu
- Section of Andrology, Department of Urology, Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
| | - Chirag Gupta
- Department of Urology, Jaipur National University, Jaipur, India
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- Department of Urology, Peking University Third Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Urology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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- Sexual Health and Fertility Research Center, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran
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- Department of Urology, University of Health Science, Istanbul Bakırköy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
| | - Andrea Crafa
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Laboratory of Histo-Embryology and Reproductive Biology, Faculty of Medicine of Sfax, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia
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- Department of Urology and Andrology, VNA Hospital, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Urology, Prince Sultan Millitary Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Andrology, Sexology and STIs, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Urology, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon
- Department of Urology, Al Zahraa Hospital, UMC, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Andrology Research Center, Yazd Reproductive Science Institute, Isfahan Fertility and Infertility Center, Isfahan, Iran
| | - Mesut Berkan Duran
- Department of Urology, Pamukkale University School of Medicine, Denizli, Turkey
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- Department of Urology, University Hospital Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
| | - Mirko Preto
- Department of Urology, Molinette Hospital, A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza, University of Turin, Torino, Italy
| | - Elena Eugeni
- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
- Department of Medicine and Medical Specialties, Division of Medical Andrology and Endocrinology of Reproduction, University of Terni, Terni, Italy
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kanuni Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Trabzon, Turkey
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- 123Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, 6th of October University, Giza, Egypt
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- Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia Hospital, Depok, Indonesia
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- Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Andrology, Faculty of Medicine, Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt
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- Department of Reproductive Biology, Fertility Preservation, Andrology, CECOS, Poissy Hospital, Poissy, France
- Department of Biology, Reproduction, Epigenetics, Environment and Development, Paris Saclay University, UVSQ, INRAE, BREED, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Department of Urology, Military Teaching Hospital, Rabat, Morocco
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- Department of Reproductive Medicine, Mitera Hospital, Kottayam, India
| | | | - Franco Gadda
- Department of Urology, IRCCS Fondazione Ca' Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Urology and Neuro-Urology Unit, National Rehabilitation Center, Athens, Greece
| | | | - Umit Gul
- Private EPC Hospital, Adana, Turkey
| | - Serena Maruccia
- Department of Urology, ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo, San Paolo Hospital, Milano, Italy
| | - Ajay Kanbur
- Department of Andrology, Kanbur Clinic, Thane, India
- Department of Urosurgery, Jupiter Hospital, Thane, India
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- Department of Andrology and Men's Health, Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, India
| | - Fatih Gokalp
- Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Hatay Mustafa Kemal University, Antakya, Turkey
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- Department of Andrology, Reproductive Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
| | - Hesamoddin Sajadi
- Department of Urology, Bombay Hospital and Medical Research Center, Mumbai, India
| | - Deepak Gupte
- Department of Urology, Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University, Bolu, Turkey
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- Department of Urology, Centro Universitario em Saude do ABC, Santo André, Brazil
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- Department of Urology, Dr. Dradjat Hospital, Serang, Indonesia
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- Department of Urology, Macquarie University Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Urology, Toho University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Prof. Dr. Sardjito Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
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- Andrology Study Program, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Sumedang, Indonesia
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- Unit of Endocrinology, Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Urology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Andrology Unit, ART Center, Vinmec Times City International Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Department of Urology, Macquarie University Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hanoi Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Department of Andrology, Sexology and STIs, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Surgery, Hai Phong University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Hai Phong, Vietnam
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- Department of Urology, Nephrology and Andrology Kharkiv National Medical University, Kharkiv, Ukraine
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- Department of Urology, Hasan Sadikin General Hospital, Faculty of Medicine of Padjadjaran University, Bandung, Indonesia
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- Department of Urology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Science, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Urology, Prof R.D. Kandou Hospital, Manado, Indonesia
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- Department of Urology, Gleneagles Hospital, Singapore
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- Department of Urology, Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
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- Department of Urology, University of Health Science, Istanbul Bakırköy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Urology, Sawai Man Singh Medical College and Hospital, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
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- Department of Urology, General Hospital, Cuprija, Serbia
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- Fertility Center of Al-Najaf, Al-Sadr Medical City, Babylon Health Directorate, Iraqi Ministry of Health, Baghdad, Iraq
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- Andrology Study Program, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia
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- Division of Andrology, Department of Urology, Lilavati Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Athens Naval & VA Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Urology, National University Hospital, Singapore
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- Department of Urology, Yerevan State Medical University, Yerevan, Armenia
| | - Hakan Keskin
- Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Andrology, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
| | - Janan Wurzacher
- Department of Urology, University Hospital Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
| | - Doddy Hami Seno
- Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Persahabatan General Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
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- Department of Urology, Hasan Sadikin General Hospital, Faculty of Medicine of Padjadjaran University, Bandung, Indonesia
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- Department of Urology, Prof R.D. Kandou Hospital, Manado, Indonesia
- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
- Master's Programme Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
- Urology Unit, Dr. Soetomo General Academic Hospital, Surabaya, Indonesia
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- Department of Urology, Al-Ahlia Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Reproductive Endocrinology and IVF Unit, School of Medicine, Bahcesehir University, Istanbul, Turkey
- Institute of Andrology and Sexual Medicine (IANDROMS), Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Urology, Health Science University Eskisehir City HPRH, Eskisehir, Turkey
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- Department of Obstetrics Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine, Reprogynes Medical Institute, Paris, France
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- Department of Urology, Dr Wahidin Sudirohusodo Hospital, Makassar, Indonesia
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- IVF Department, Fertility Assisted Fertilization Center, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Andrology and IVF Center, Next Fertility Procrea, Lugano, Switzerland
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- Department of Urology, Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
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- Department of Urology, Cure & SK Hospital, Trivandrum, India
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- Department of Urology, Andrology and Sexual Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Andrology and Reproductive Medicine Unit, Next Fertility GynePro, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Surgery, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Akanksha Hospital and Research Institute, Anand, Gujarat, India
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- Department of Urology, University of Mersin School of Medicine, Mersin, Turkey
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- High Institute for Infertility Diagnosis and Assisted Reproductive Technologies, Al-Nahrain University, Baghdad, Iraq
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- Department of Andrology, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt
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- Department of Andrology, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt
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- Department of Reproductive Medicine and Andrology, University Clinic Halle (Saale), Halle, Germany
- Reproductive Center Dr. Hoffmann, Berlin, Germany
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- Division of Urology, University Hospital, Federal University of Amapa, Macapá, Brazil
- Men's Health Study Group, Institute for Advanced Studies, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
- Androscience-Science and Innovation Center and High Complexity Clinical and Research Andrology Laboratory, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Urology, University of Mersin School of Medicine, Mersin, Turkey
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Shah R, Rambhatla A, Atmoko W, Martinez M, Ziouziou I, Kothari P, Tadros N, Phuoc NHV, Kavoussi P, Harraz A, Salvio G, Gul M, Hamoda T, Toprak T, Birowo P, Ko E, Arafa M, Ghayda RA, Karthikeyan VS, Saleh R, Russo GI, Pinggera GM, Chung E, Savira M, Colpi GM, Zohdy W, Pescatori E, Park HJ, Fukuhara S, Tsujimura A, Rojas-Cruz C, Marino A, Mak SK, Amar E, Ibrahim W, Sindhwani P, Alhathal N, Busetto GM, Al Hashimi M, El-Sakka A, Ramazan A, Dimitriadis F, Timpano M, Jezek D, Altay B, Zylbersztejn DS, Wong MY, Moon DG, Wyns C, Gamidov S, Akhavizadegan H, Franceschelli A, Aydos K, Quang VN, Ashour S, Al Dayel A, Al-Marhoon MS, Micic S, Binsaleh S, Hussein A, Elbardisi H, Mostafa T, Taha E, Ramsay J, Zachariou A, Abdelrahman IFS, Rajmil O, Kalkanli A, Molina JMC, Bocu K, Duarsa GWK, Ceker G, Serefoglu EC, Bahar F, Gherabi N, Kuroda S, Bouzouita A, Gudeloglu A, Ceyhan E, Hasan MSM, Musa MU, Motawi A, Chak-Lam C, Taniguchi H, Ho CCK, Vazquez JFS, Mutambirwa S, Gungor ND, Bendayan M, Giulioni C, Baser A, Falcone M, Boeri L, Blecher G, Kheradmand A, Sethupathy T, Adriansjah R, Narimani N, Konstantinidis C, Nguyen TT, Japari A, Dolati P, Singh K, Ozer C, Sarikaya S, Sheibak N, Bosco NJ, Özkent MS, Le ST, Sokolakis I, Katz D, Smith R, Truong MN, Le TV, Huang Z, Deger MD, Arslan U, Calik G, Franco G, Rashed A, Kahraman O, Andreadakis S, Putra R, Balercia G, Khalafalla K, Cannarella R, Tuân AÐ, El Meliegy A, Zilaitiene B, Ramirez MLZ, Giacone F, Calogero AE, Makarounis K, Jindal S, Hoai BN, Banthia R, Peña MR, Moorthy D, Adamyan A, Kulaksiz D, Kandil H, Sofikitis N, Salzano C, Jungwirth A, Banka SR, Mierzwa TC, Turunç T, Jain D, Avoyan A, Salacone P, Kadıoğlu A, Gupta C, Lin H, Shamohammadi I, Mogharabian N, Barrett T, Danacıoğlu YO, Crafa A, Daoud S, Malhotra V, Almardawi A, Selim OM, Moussa M, Haghdani S, Duran MB, Kunz Y, Preto M, Eugeni E, Nguyen T, Elshahid AR, Suyono SS, Parikesit D, Nada E, Orozco EG, Boitrelle F, Trang NTM, Jamali M, Nair R, Ruzaev M, Gadda F, Thomas C, Ferreira RH, Gul U, Maruccia S, Kanbur A, Kinzikeeva E, Abumelha S, Quang N, Kosgi R, Gokalp F, Soebadi MA, Paul GM, Sajadi H, Gupte D, Ambar RF, Sogutdelen E, Singla K, Basurkano A, Kim SHK, Gilani MAS, Nagao K, Brodjonegoro SR, Rezano A, Elkhouly M, Mazzilli R, Farsi HMA, Ba HN, Alali H, Kafetzis D, Long TQT, Alsaid S, Cuong HBN, Oleksandr K, Mustafa A, Acosta H, Pai H, Şahin B, Arianto E, Teo C, Jayaprakash SP, Rachman RI, Yenice MG, Sefrioui O, Paghdar S, Priyadarshi S, Tanic M, Alfatlawy NK, Rizaldi F, Vishwakarma RB, Kanakis G, Cherian DT, Lee J, Galstyan R, Keskin H, Wurzacher J, Seno DH, Noegroho BS, Margiana R, Javed Q, Castiglioni F, Tanwar R, Puigvert A, Kaya C, Purnomo M, Yazbeck C, Amir A, Borges E, Bellavia M, Deswanto IA, V VK, Liguori G, Minh DH, Siddiqi K, Colombo F, Zini A, Patel N, Çayan S, Al-Kawaz U, Ragab M, Hebrard GH, Hoffmann I, Efesoy O, Saylam B, Agarwal A. Global Practice Patterns in the Evaluation of Non-Obstructive Azoospermia: Results of a World-Wide Survey and Expert Recommendations. World J Mens Health 2024; 42:42.e40. [PMID: 38606865 DOI: 10.5534/wjmh.230333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2023] [Accepted: 11/27/2023] [Indexed: 04/13/2024] Open
Abstract
PURPOSE Non-obstructive azoospermia (NOA) represents the persistent absence of sperm in ejaculate without obstruction, stemming from diverse disease processes. This survey explores global practices in NOA diagnosis, comparing them with guidelines and offering expert recommendations. MATERIALS AND METHODS A 56-item questionnaire survey on NOA diagnosis and management was conducted globally from July to September 2022. This paper focuses on part 1, evaluating NOA diagnosis. Data from 367 participants across 49 countries were analyzed descriptively, with a Delphi process used for expert recommendations. RESULTS Of 336 eligible responses, most participants were experienced attending physicians (70.93%). To diagnose azoospermia definitively, 81.7% requested two semen samples. Commonly ordered hormone tests included serum follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) (97.0%), total testosterone (92.9%), and luteinizing hormone (86.9%). Genetic testing was requested by 66.6%, with karyotype analysis (86.2%) and Y chromosome microdeletions (88.3%) prevalent. Diagnostic testicular biopsy, distinguishing obstructive azoospermia (OA) from NOA, was not performed by 45.1%, while 34.6% did it selectively. Differentiation relied on physical examination (76.1%), serum hormone profiles (69.6%), and semen tests (68.1%). Expectations of finding sperm surgically were higher in men with normal FSH, larger testes, and a history of sperm in ejaculate. CONCLUSIONS This expert survey, encompassing 367 participants from 49 countries, unveils congruence with recommended guidelines in NOA diagnosis. However, noteworthy disparities in practices suggest a need for evidence-based, international consensus guidelines to standardize NOA evaluation, addressing existing gaps in professional recommendations.
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- Rupin Shah
- Division of Andrology, Department of Urology, Lilavati Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai, India
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Henry Ford Health System, Vattikuti Urology Institute, Detroit, MI, USA
| | - Widi Atmoko
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia
| | - Marlon Martinez
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Section of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Santo Tomas Hospital, Manila, Philippines
| | - Imad Ziouziou
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, College of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ibn Zohr University, Agadir, Morocco
| | - Priyank Kothari
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, B.Y.L Nair Ch Hospital, Topiwala National Medical College, Mumbai, India
| | - Nicholas Tadros
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Division of Urology, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL, USA
| | - Nguyen Ho Vinh Phuoc
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Andrology, Binh Dan Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
| | - Parviz Kavoussi
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Reproductive Urology, Austin Fertility & Reproductive Medicine/Westlake IVF, Austin, TX, USA
| | - Ahmed Harraz
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Mansoura University Urology and Nephrology Center, Mansoura, Egypt
- Department of Surgery, Urology Unit, Farwaniya Hospital, Farwaniya, Kuwait
- Department of Urology, Sabah Al Ahmad Urology Center, Kuwait City, Kuwait
| | - Gianmaria Salvio
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Endocrinology, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy
| | - Murat Gul
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Selçuk University School of Medicine, Konya, Turkey
| | - Taha Hamoda
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- Department of Andrology, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Asyut, Egypt
| | - Tuncay Toprak
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey
| | - Ponco Birowo
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia
| | - Edmund Ko
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Loma Linda University Health, Loma Linda, CA, USA
| | - Mohamed Arafa
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- American Center for Reproductive Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
- Department of Urology, Weill Cornell Medical-Qatar, Doha, Qatar
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Urology Institute, University Hospitals, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Andrology, Faculty of Medicine, Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt
| | - Giorgio Ivan Russo
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Urology Section, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, University Hospital Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
| | - Eric Chung
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Princess Alexandra Hospital, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, College of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ibn Zohr University, Agadir, Morocco
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Andrology and IVF Center, Next Fertility Procrea, Lugano, Switzerland
| | - Wael Zohdy
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Andrology, Sexology & STIs, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
| | - Edoardo Pescatori
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Andrology and Reproductive Medicine Unit, Gynepro Medical, Bologna, Italy
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Busan, Korea
- Medical Research Institute of Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Korea
| | - Shinichiro Fukuhara
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Juntendo University Urayasu Hospital, Chiba, Japan
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, University Hospital of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
| | - Angelo Marino
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Reproductive Medicine Unit, ANDROS Day Surgery Clinic, Palermo, Italy
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Union Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China
| | - Edouard Amar
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, American Hospital of Paris, Paris, France
| | - Wael Ibrahim
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Obstetrics Gynaecology and Reproductive Medicine, Fertility Care Center in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, College of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
| | - Gian Maria Busetto
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology and Organ Transplantation, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy
| | - Manaf Al Hashimi
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Burjeel Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Department of Urology, Khalifa University College of Medicine and Health Science, Abu Dhabi, UAE
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt
| | - Asci Ramazan
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- 1st Urology Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Molinette Hospital, A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza, University of Turin, Torino, Italy
| | - Davor Jezek
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department for Transfusion Medicine and Transplantation Biology, Reproductive Tissue Bank, University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia
| | - Baris Altay
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Ege University Medical School, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Fleury Group and Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil
| | - Michael Yc Wong
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Andrology, International Urology, Fertility and Gynecology Centre, Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Singapore
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Korea University Guro Hospital, Seoul, Korea
| | - Christine Wyns
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Gynaecology-Andrology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- V.I. Kulakov National Medical Research Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Hasheminejad Kidney Center, Iran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
| | - Alessandro Franceschelli
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Andrology Unit, University Hospital S. Orsola, Bologna, Italy
| | - Kaan Aydos
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Center for Andrology and Sexual Medicine, Viet Duc University Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam
- Department of Urology, Can Tho University of Medicine and Pharmacy Hospital, Can Tho, Vietnam
| | - Shedeed Ashour
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Andrology, Sexology & STIs, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Men's Health Clinic Dammam, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
| | - Mohamed S Al-Marhoon
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman
| | - Sava Micic
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Andrology, Uromedica Polyclinic, Belgrade, Serbia
| | - Saleh Binsaleh
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
| | - Alayman Hussein
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Andrology, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Asyut, Egypt
| | - Haitham Elbardisi
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
- Department of Urology, Weill Cornell Medical-Qatar, Doha, Qatar
| | - Taymour Mostafa
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Andrology, Sexology & STIs, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
| | - Emad Taha
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- Department of Andrology, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Asyut, Egypt
| | - Jonathan Ramsay
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Andrology, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK
| | - Athanasios Zachariou
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Ioannina University School of Medicine, Ioannina, Greece
| | - Islam Fathy Soliman Abdelrahman
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Andrology, Sexology & STIs, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
- Department of Andrology, Armed Forces College of Medicine, Cairo, Egypt
| | - Osvaldo Rajmil
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Andrology, Fundacio Puigvert, Barcelona, Spain
| | - Arif Kalkanli
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Taksim Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
| | - Juan Manuel Corral Molina
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Hospital Clínico de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
| | - Kadir Bocu
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Niğde Omer Halis Demir University Faculty of Medicine, Nigde, Turkey
| | - Gede Wirya Kusuma Duarsa
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Udayana University, Denpasar, Indonesia
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Başakşehir Çam and Sakura City Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
| | - Ege Can Serefoglu
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Biruni University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Andrology Section, Siloam Sriwijaya Hospital, Palembang, Indonesia
| | - Nazim Gherabi
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Medicine, University of Algiers 1, Algiers, Algeria
| | - Shinnosuke Kuroda
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Glickman Urological & Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA
| | - Abderrazak Bouzouita
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Faculty Tunis Manar, Tunis, Tunisia
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Andrology, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
| | - Muhammad Ujudud Musa
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Urology Unit, Department of Surgery, Federal Medical Center, Katsina State, Nigeria
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Andrology, Sexology & STIs, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
| | - Cho Chak-Lam
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Surgery, S. H. Ho Urology Centre, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
| | - Hisanori Taniguchi
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology and Andrology, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Taylor's University, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Dr. George Mukhari Academic Hospital, Sefako Makgatho Health Science University, Medunsa, South Africa
| | - Nur Dokuzeylul Gungor
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Reproductive Endocrinology and IVF Unit, School of Medicine, Bahcesehir University, Istanbul, Turkey
| | - Marion Bendayan
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Reproductive Biology, Fertility Preservation, Andrology, CECOS, Poissy Hospital, Poissy, France
- Department of Biology, Reproduction, Epigenetics, Environment and Development, Paris Saclay University, UVSQ, INRAE, BREED, Jouy-en-Josas, France
| | - Carlo Giulioni
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy
| | - Aykut Baser
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University, Balıkesir, Turkey
| | - Marco Falcone
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Molinette Hospital, A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza, University of Turin, Torino, Italy
| | - Luca Boeri
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, IRCCS Fondazione Ca' Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
| | - Gideon Blecher
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Surgery, School of Clinical Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
- Department of Urology, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
| | - Alireza Kheradmand
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Golestan Hospital, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
| | - Tamilselvi Sethupathy
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, CK Medical Centre Hospital, Erode, India
| | - Ricky Adriansjah
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Hasan Sadikin General Hospital, Faculty of Medicine of Padjadjaran University, Bandung, Indonesia
| | - Nima Narimani
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Hasheminejad Kidney Center, Iran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
| | - Charalampos Konstantinidis
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Urology Department, General Hospital of Corinth, Corinth, Greece
| | - Tuan Thanh Nguyen
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA
- Department of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- Department of Urology, Cho Ray Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
| | - Andrian Japari
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Deparment of IVF, Fertility Clinic, Telogorejo Hospital, Semarang, Indonesia
| | - Parisa Dolati
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Shiraz, Shiraz, Iran
| | - Keerti Singh
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Preclinical and Health Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, The University of West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Bridgetown, Barbados
- Windsor Medical Centre, Bridgetown, Barbados
| | - Cevahir Ozer
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey
| | - Selcuk Sarikaya
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Gulhane Research and Training Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Ankara, Turkey
| | - Nadia Sheibak
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Anatomical Sciences, Reproductive Sciences and Technology Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Shahid Akbarabadi Clinical Research Development Unit (ShACRDU), Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
| | - Ndagijimana Jean Bosco
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Dermatology, Venereology & Andrology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt
| | - Mehmet Serkan Özkent
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Konya City Hospital, Konya, Turkey
| | - Sang Thanh Le
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Andrology, Binh Dan Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- Deparment of IVF, Fertility Clinic, Telogorejo Hospital, Semarang, Indonesia
| | - Ioannis Sokolakis
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Martha-Maria Hospital Nuremberg, Nuremberg, Germany
| | - Darren Katz
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Men's Health Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Surgery, Western Precinct, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Urology, Western Health, Victoria, Australia
| | - Ryan Smith
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, USA
| | - Manh Nguyen Truong
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Cho Ray Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
| | - Tan V Le
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- Department of Urology and Andrology, Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
| | - Zhongwei Huang
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, National University Health Systems, Singapore
| | - Muslim Dogan Deger
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Edirne Sultan 1st Murat State Hospital, Edirne, Turkey
| | - Umut Arslan
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey
| | - Gokhan Calik
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
| | - Giorgio Franco
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Policlinico Umberto I, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
| | - Ayman Rashed
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, 6th of October University, Giza, Egypt
| | - Oguzhan Kahraman
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
| | - Sotiris Andreadakis
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Private Practice, Thessaloniki, Greece
| | - Rosadi Putra
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, RSUD Ciawi Regional General Hospital, West Java, Indonesia
| | - Giancarlo Balercia
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Endocrinology, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy
| | - Kareim Khalafalla
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
- Department of Urology, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, USA
| | - Rossella Cannarella
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- American Center for Reproductive Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
| | - Anh Ðăng Tuân
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Tam Anh IVF Center, Tam Anh General Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam
| | - Amr El Meliegy
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Andrology, Sexology & STIs, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
| | - Birute Zilaitiene
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Institute of Endocrinology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
| | | | - Filippo Giacone
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- HERA Center, Unit of Reproductive Medicine, Sant'Agata Li Battiati, Catania, Italy
| | - Aldo E Calogero
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Urology Section, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
| | - Konstantinos Makarounis
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology and Andrology, Locus Medicus, Athens, Greece
| | - Sunil Jindal
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Andrology & Reproductive Medicine, Jindal Hospital & Fertility Center, Meerut, India
| | - Bac Nguyen Hoai
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Andrology and Sexual Medicine, Hanoi Medical University Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam
| | - Ravi Banthia
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
| | - Marcelo Rodriguez Peña
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Instituto de Ginecología y Fertilidad (IFER), Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
| | - Dharani Moorthy
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- IVF Department, Swarupa fertility & IVF Centre, Vijayawada, India
| | - Aram Adamyan
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Astghik Medical Center, Yerevan, Armenia
| | - Deniz Kulaksiz
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kanuni Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Trabzon, Turkey
| | - Hussein Kandil
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Fakih IVF Fertility Center, Abu Dhabi, UAE
| | - Nikolaos Sofikitis
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Ioannina University School of Medicine, Ioannina, Greece
| | - Ciro Salzano
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- PO San Giovanni Bosco, ASL Napoli 1 Centro, Napoli, Italy
| | - Andreas Jungwirth
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- St. Barabara Private Clinic, Bad Vigaun, Austria
| | - Surendra Reddy Banka
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Andrology, Androcare Institute of Andrology and Men's Health, Hyderabad, India
| | - Tiago Cesar Mierzwa
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Centro Universitario em Saude do ABC, Santo André, Brazil
| | - Tahsin Turunç
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Urology Clinic, Iskenderun Gelisim Hospital, Iskenderun, Turkey
| | - Divyanu Jain
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jaipur Golden Hospital, New Delhi, India
| | - Armen Avoyan
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Astghik Medical Center, Yerevan, Armenia
| | - Pietro Salacone
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Andrology and Pathophysiology of Reproduction Unit, Santa Maria Goretti Hospital, Latina, Italy
| | - Ateş Kadıoğlu
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Section of Andrology, Department of Urology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
| | - Chirag Gupta
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Jaipur National University, Jaipur, India
| | - Haocheng Lin
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Peking University Third Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, China
| | - Iman Shamohammadi
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
| | - Nasser Mogharabian
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Sexual Health and Fertility Research Center, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran
| | - Trenton Barrett
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Perth Urology Clinic, Perth, WA, Australia
| | - Yavuz Onur Danacıoğlu
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Bakırköy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Science Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
| | - Andrea Crafa
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Urology Section, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
| | - Salima Daoud
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Laboratory of Histo-Embryology and Reproductive Biology, Faculty of Medicine of Sfax, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia
| | - Vineet Malhotra
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology and Andrology, VNA Hospital, New Delhi, India
| | - Abdulmalik Almardawi
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
| | - Osama Mohamed Selim
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Andrology, Sexology & STIs, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
| | - Mohamad Moussa
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon
- Department of Urology, Al Zahraa Hospital, UMC, Beirut, Lebanon
| | - Saeid Haghdani
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Andrology Research Center, Yazd Reproductive Science Institute, Isfahan Fertility and Isfahan, Yazd, Iran
| | - Mesut Berkan Duran
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Pamukkale University School of Medicine, Denizli, Turkey
| | - Yannic Kunz
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, University Hospital Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
| | - Mirko Preto
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Molinette Hospital, A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza, University of Turin, Torino, Italy
| | - Elena Eugeni
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
- Department of Medicine and Medical Specialties, Division of Medical Andrology and Endocrinology of Reproduction, University of Terni, Terni, Italy
| | - Thang Nguyen
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Andrology and Sexual Medicine, Hanoi Medical University Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam
| | - Ahmed Rashad Elshahid
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Andrology, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
| | - Seso Sulijaya Suyono
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Gladiool IVF, Magelang, Indonesia
| | - Dyandra Parikesit
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Universitas Indonesia Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia
| | - Essam Nada
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Andrology, Faculty of Medicine, Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt
| | - Eduardo Gutiérrez Orozco
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- IVF Department, CITMER Reproductive Medicine, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
| | - Florence Boitrelle
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Reproductive Biology, Fertility Preservation, Andrology, CECOS, Poissy Hospital, Poissy, France
- Department of Biology, Reproduction, Epigenetics, Environment and Development, Paris Saclay University, UVSQ, INRAE, BREED, Jouy-en-Josas, France
| | - Nguyen Thi Minh Trang
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
| | - Mounir Jamali
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Military Teaching Hospital, Rabat, Morocco
| | - Raju Nair
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Reproductive Medicine, Mitera Hospital, Kottayam, India
| | - Mikhail Ruzaev
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Urology Clinic, Moscow, Russia
| | - Franco Gadda
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, IRCCS Fondazione Ca' Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
| | - Charalampos Thomas
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Urology Department, General Hospital of Corinth, Corinth, Greece
| | - Raphael Henrique Ferreira
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Santa Casa de Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
| | - Umit Gul
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Private EPC Hospital, Adana, Turkey
| | - Serena Maruccia
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo, San Paolo Hospital, Milano, Italy
| | - Ajay Kanbur
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Andrology, Kanbur Clinic, Thane, India
- Department of Urosurgery, Jupiter Hospital, Thane, India
| | - Ella Kinzikeeva
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Zucchi Clinical Institutes, Monza, Italy
| | - Saad Abumelha
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
| | - Nguyen Quang
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Center for Andrology and Sexual Medicine, Viet Duc University Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam
- Department of Urology, Can Tho University of Medicine and Pharmacy Hospital, Can Tho, Vietnam
| | - Raghavender Kosgi
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology and Andrology, AIG Hospitals, Hyderabad, India
| | - Fatih Gokalp
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Hatay Mu Stafa Kemal University, Antakya, Turkey
| | - Mohammad Ayodhia Soebadi
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Soetomo Hospital, Surabaya, Indonesia
| | - Gustavo Marquesine Paul
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Hospital de Clínicas of the Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
| | - Hesamoddin Sajadi
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Andrology, Reproductive Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
| | - Deepak Gupte
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Bombay Hospital and Medical Research Center, Mumbai, India
| | - Rafael F Ambar
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Fleury Group and Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil
- Department of Urology, Centro Universitario em Saude do ABC, Santo André, Brazil
| | - Emrullah Sogutdelen
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Clarity Health, Chandigarh, India
| | - Karun Singla
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Dr. Dradjat Hospital, Serang, Indonesia
| | - Ari Basurkano
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- IVF Australia, Sydney, Australia
| | - Shannon Hee Kyung Kim
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Macquarie School of Medicine, Macquaire University, Sydney, Australia
- Department of Urology, Imperial Healthcare NHS Trust, Charing Cross Hospital, London, UK
| | - Mohammad Ali Sadighi Gilani
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Andrology, Reproductive Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
| | - Koichi Nagao
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Toho University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
| | - Sakti Ronggowardhana Brodjonegoro
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Prof. Dr. Sardjito Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
| | - Andri Rezano
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Andrology Study Program, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Sumedang, Indonesia
| | - Mohamed Elkhouly
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- IVF Department, Bourn Hall Fertility Center, Dubai, UAE
| | - Rossella Mazzilli
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Unit of Endocrinology, Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
| | - Hasan M A Farsi
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
| | - Hung Nguyen Ba
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Andrology Unit, ART Center, Vinmec Times City International Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam
| | - Hamed Alali
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
| | - Dimitrios Kafetzis
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Orchid IVF Clinic, Dubai, UAE
| | - Tran Quang Tien Long
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hanoi Obstetric and Gynecology Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam
| | - Sami Alsaid
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
| | - Hoang Bao Ngoc Cuong
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Surgery, Hai Phong University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Hai Phong, Vietnam
| | - Knigavko Oleksandr
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Nephrology and Andrology, Kharkiv National Medical University, Kharkiv, Ukraine
| | - Akhmad Mustafa
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Hasan Sadikin General Hospital, Faculty of Medicine of Padjadjaran University, Bandung, Indonesia
| | - Herik Acosta
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Science, Okayama, Japan
| | - Hrishikesh Pai
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- IVF Department, Bloom IVF Group, Mombai, India
| | - Bahadır Şahin
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Marmara University, İstanbul, Turkey
| | - Eko Arianto
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Prof R.D. Kandou Hospital, Manado, Indonesia
| | - Colin Teo
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Gleneagles Hospital, Singapore
| | - Sanjay Prakash Jayaprakash
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Andrology Unit, Department of Urology, Apollo Hospitals, Greams Road, Chennai, India
| | - Rinaldo Indra Rachman
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia
| | - Mustafa Gurkan Yenice
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Bakırköy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Science Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
| | - Omar Sefrioui
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- African Fertility Center, Casablanca, Morocco
| | - Smit Paghdar
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- UVA Urology Clinic in Charlottesville, UVA Specialty Care Clinic in Culpeper, Culpeper, VA, USA
| | - Shivam Priyadarshi
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Sawai Man Singh Medical College and Hospital, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
| | - Marko Tanic
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, General Hospital, Cuprija, Serbia
| | - Noor Kareem Alfatlawy
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Fertility Center of Al-Najaf/Al-Sadr Medical City, Babylon Health Directorate, Iraqi Ministry of Health, Baghdad, Iraq
| | - Fikri Rizaldi
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Soetomo Hospital, Surabaya, Indonesia
| | - Ranjit B Vishwakarma
- Division of Andrology, Department of Urology, Lilavati Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai, India
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
| | - George Kanakis
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Athens Naval & VA Hospital, Athens, Greece
| | - Dinesh Thomas Cherian
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Urology Deparment, Aster Medcity, Kochi, India
| | - Joe Lee
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, National University Hospital, Singapore
| | - Raisa Galstyan
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Yerevan State Medical University, Yerevan, Armenia
| | - Hakan Keskin
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
| | - Jana Wurzacher
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, University Hospital Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
| | - Doddy Hami Seno
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Persahabatan General Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
| | - Bambang S Noegroho
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Hasan Sadikin General Hospital, Faculty of Medicine of Padjadjaran University, Bandung, Indonesia
| | - Ria Margiana
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
- Master's Programme Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
- Dr. Soetomo General Academic Hospital, Surabaya, Indonesia
| | - Qaisar Javed
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Al-Ahlia Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE
| | - Fabrizio Castiglioni
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Andrology Unit, ART Center - San Carlo Clinic, Milan, Italy
| | - Raman Tanwar
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Urology Center, Jyoti Hospital, Gurugram, India
| | - Ana Puigvert
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Institute of Andrology and Sexual Medicine (IANDROMS), Barcelona, Spain
| | - Coşkun Kaya
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Health Science University Eskisehir City HPRH, Eskisehir, Turkey
| | - Medianto Purnomo
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Brawijaya University, Malang, Indonesia
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Obstetrics Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine, Reprogynes Medical Institute, Paris, France
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Dr Wahidin Sudirohusodo Hospital, Makassar, Indonesia
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Fertility Assisted Fertilization Center, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Andrology and IVF Center, Next Fertility Procrea, Lugano, Switzerland
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, College of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ibn Zohr University, Agadir, Morocco
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Cure & SK Hospital, Trivandrum, India
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Can Tho University of Medicine and Pharmacy Hospital, Can Tho, Vietnam
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Cleveland Clinic, Abu Dhabi, UAE
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Andrology and Reproductive Medicine Unit, Gynepro Medical, Bologna, Italy
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Surgery, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Akanksha Hospital and Research Institute, Anand, Gujarat, India
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, University of Mersin School of Medicine, Mersin, Turkey
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- High Institute for Infertility Diagnosis and Assisted Reproductive Technologies, Al-Nahrain University, Baghdad, Iraq
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Reproductive Medicine and Andrology, University Clinic Halle (Saale), Halle, Germany
- Reproductive Center Dr. Hoffmann, Berlin, Germany
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Mersin City Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Mersin, Turkey
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Mersin City Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Mersin, Turkey
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- American Center for Reproductive Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
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Cannarella R, Shah R, Hamoda TAAAM, Boitrelle F, Saleh R, Gul M, Rambhatla A, Kavoussi P, Toprak T, Harraz AM, Ko E, Çeker G, Durairajanayagam D, Alkahidi N, Kuroda S, Crafa A, Henkel R, Salvio G, Hazir B, Darbandi M, Bendayan M, Darbandi S, Falcone M, Garrido N, Kosgi R, Sawaid Kaiyal R, Karna K, Phuoc NHV, Birowo P, Colpi GM, de la Rosette J, Pinggera GM, Nguyen Q, Zini A, Zohdy W, Singh R, Saini P, Glina S, Lin H, Mostafa T, Rojas-Cruz C, Arafa M, Calogero AE, Dimitriadis F, Kothari P, Karthikeyan VS, Okada K, Chiba K, Kadıoglu A, Altay B, Turunc T, Zilaitiene B, Gokalp F, Adamyan A, Katz D, Chung E, Mierzwa TC, Zylbersztejn DS, Paul GM, Sofikitis N, Sokolakis I, Malhotra V, Brodjonegoro SR, Adriansjah R, Tsujimura A, Amano T, Balercia G, Ziouziou I, Deswanto IA, Martinez M, Park HJ, Bakırcıoglu ME, Ceyhan E, Aydos K, Ramsay J, Minhas S, Al Hashimi M, Ghayda RA, Tadros N, Sindhwani P, Ho CC, Rachman RI, Rodriguez Pena M, Motawi A, Ponnusamy AK, Dipankar S, Amir A, Binsaleh S, Serefoglu EC, Banthia R, Khalafalla K, Basukarno A, Bac NH, Singla K, Ambar RF, Makarounis K, Priyadarshi S, Duarsa GWK, Atmoko W, Jindal S, Arianto E, Akhavizadegan H, El Bardisi H, Shoshany O, Busetto GM, Moussa M, Jamali M, Al-Marhoon MS, Ruzaev M, Farsi HMA, Mutambirwa S, Lee DS, Kulaksiz D, Cheng YS, Bouzouita A, Sarikaya S, Kandil H, Tsampoukas G, Farkouh A, Bowa K, Savira M, Mogharabian N, Le TV, Harjanggi M, Anh DT, Long TQT, Soebadi MA, Hakim L, Tanic M, Ari UC, Parikh FR, Calik G, KV V, Dorji G, Rezano A, Rajmil O, Tien DMB, Yuan Y, Lizarraga-Salas JF, Eze B, Ngoo KS, Lee J, Arslan U, Agarwal A. Does Varicocele Repair Improve Conventional Semen Parameters? A Meta-Analytic Study of Before-After Data. World J Mens Health 2024; 42:92-132. [PMID: 37382284 PMCID: PMC10782123 DOI: 10.5534/wjmh.230034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2023] [Accepted: 02/28/2023] [Indexed: 06/30/2023] Open
Abstract
PURPOSE The purpose of this meta-analysis is to study the impact of varicocele repair in the largest cohort of infertile males with clinical varicocele by including all available studies, with no language restrictions, comparing intra-person conventional semen parameters before and after the repair of varicoceles. MATERIALS AND METHODS The meta-analysis was performed according to PRISMA-P and MOOSE guidelines. A systematic search was performed in Scopus, PubMed, Cochrane, and Embase databases. Eligible studies were selected according to the PICOS model (Population: infertile male patients with clinical varicocele; Intervention: varicocele repair; Comparison: intra-person before-after varicocele repair; Outcome: conventional semen parameters; Study type: randomized controlled trials [RCTs], observational and case-control studies). RESULTS Out of 1,632 screened abstracts, 351 articles (23 RCTs, 292 observational, and 36 case-control studies) were included in the quantitative analysis. The before-and-after analysis showed significant improvements in all semen parameters after varicocele repair (except sperm vitality); semen volume: standardized mean difference (SMD) 0.203, 95% CI: 0.129-0.278; p<0.001; I²=83.62%, Egger's p=0.3329; sperm concentration: SMD 1.590, 95% CI: 1.474-1.706; p<0.001; I²=97.86%, Egger's p<0.0001; total sperm count: SMD 1.824, 95% CI: 1.526-2.121; p<0.001; I²=97.88%, Egger's p=0.0063; total motile sperm count: SMD 1.643, 95% CI: 1.318-1.968; p<0.001; I²=98.65%, Egger's p=0.0003; progressive sperm motility: SMD 1.845, 95% CI: 1.537%-2.153%; p<0.001; I²=98.97%, Egger's p<0.0001; total sperm motility: SMD 1.613, 95% CI 1.467%-1.759%; p<0.001; l2=97.98%, Egger's p<0.001; sperm morphology: SMD 1.066, 95% CI 0.992%-1.211%; p<0.001; I²=97.87%, Egger's p=0.1864. CONCLUSIONS The current meta-analysis is the largest to date using paired analysis on varicocele patients. In the current meta-analysis, almost all conventional semen parameters improved significantly following varicocele repair in infertile patients with clinical varicocele.
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- Rossella Cannarella
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
- Glickman Urological & Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Urology, Lilavati Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Urology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University, Minia, Egypt
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- Department of Reproductive Biology, Fertility Preservation, Andrology, CECOS, Poissy Hospital, Poissy, France
- Department of Biology, Reproduction, Epigenetics, Environment and Development, Paris Saclay University, UVSQ, INRAE, BREED, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Andrology, Faculty of Medicine, Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt
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- Department of Urology, Selcuk University School of Medicine, Konya, Turkey
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- Department of Urology, Henry Ford Health System, Vattikuti Urology Institute, Detroit, MI, USA
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- Department of Reproductive Urology, Austin Fertility & Reproductive Medicine/Westlake IVF, Austin, TX, USA
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- Department of Urology, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Urology and Nephrology Center, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
- Department of Surgery, Urology Unit, Farwaniya Hospital, Farwaniya, Kuwait
- Department of Urology, Sabah Al Ahmad Urology Center, Kuwait City, Kuwait
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- Department of Urology, Loma Linda University Health, Loma Linda, CA, USA
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- Department of Urology, Başakşehir Cam and Sakura City Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Sungai Buloh Campus, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Trinity Health/Mercy Health, Muskegon, MI, USA
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- Glickman Urological & Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Reproduction Center, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, Imperial College London, London, UK
- Department of Medical Bioscience, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa
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- Department of Endocrinology, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy
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- Reproductive Medicine, Clinical Research Centre, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
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- Fetal Health Research Center, Hope Generation Foundation, Tehran, Iran
- Gene Therapy and Regenerative Medicine Research Center, Hope Generation Foundation, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Reproductive Biology, Fertility Preservation, Andrology, CECOS, Poissy Hospital, Poissy, France
- Department of Biology, Reproduction, Epigenetics, Environment and Development, Paris Saclay University, UVSQ, INRAE, BREED, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Fetal Health Research Center, Hope Generation Foundation, Tehran, Iran
- Gene Therapy and Regenerative Medicine Research Center, Hope Generation Foundation, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Urology, Molinette Hospital, A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza, University of Turin, Torino, Italy
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- IVIRMA Global Research Alliance, IVI Foundation, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria La Fe (IIS La Fe), Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Urology, Andrology and Renal Transplant, AIG Hospitals, Hyderabad, India
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- Glickman Urological & Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Molecular Cell and Cancer Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
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- Department of Andrology, Binh Dan Hospital, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
- Department of Urology and Andrology, Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
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- Department of Urology, Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
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- Andrology and IVF Center, Next Fertility Procrea, Lugano, Switzerland
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- Department of Urology, Istanbul Medipol Mega University Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Center for Andrology and Sexual Medicine, Viet Duc University Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam
- Department of Urology, Andrology and Sexual Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Andrology, Sexology & STIs, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Central Drug Research Institute, Male Reproductive Health Research Laboratory, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Division of Endocrinology, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India
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- Division of Urology, Centro Universitario FMABC, Santo André, Brazil
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- Department of Urology, Peking University Third Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Andrology, Sexology & STIs, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Urology, University Hospital of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
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- Department of Andrology, Sexology & STIs, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
- American Center for Reproductive Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
- Department of Urology, Weill Cornell Medical-Qatar, Doha, Qatar
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Urology, Aristotle University School of Medicine, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Department of Urology, Topiwala National Medical College, B.Y.L Nair Ch Hospital, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Urology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Urology, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey
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- Institute of Endocrinology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania, Turkey
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- Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Hatay Mustafa Kemal University, Antakya, Hatay, Turkey
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- Department of Urology, Astghik Medical Center, Yerevan, Armenia
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- Men’s Health Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Surgery, Western Precinct, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Urology, Western Health, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Urology, Princess Alexandra Hospital, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- Department of Clinical Surgery, Health Sciences Sector of the Federal University of Parana (UFPR), Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
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- Department of Urology, Ioannina University School of Medicine, Ioannina, Greece
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- 2nd Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Prof. Dr. Sardjito Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
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- Department of Urology, Hasan Sadikin Hospital, Medical Faculty of Padjadjaran University, Bandung, Indonesia
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- Department of Urology, Juntendo University Urayasu Hospital, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Nagano Red Cross Hospital, Nagano, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy
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- Department of Urology, College of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ibn Zohr University, Agadir, Morocco
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- Section of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Santo Tomas Hospital, Manila, Philippines
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- Department of Urology, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Busan, Korea
- Medical Research Institute of Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Korea
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- Department of Urology, Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Urology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Andrology, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial, London, UK
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- Department of Urology, Imperial Healthcare NHS Trust, Charing Cross Hospital, London, UK
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- Department of Urology, Burjeel Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Clinical Urology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE
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- Institute of Urology, University Hospitals, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Division of Urology, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL, USA
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- Department of Urology, College of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA
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- Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Taylor’s University, Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Department of Urology, Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
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- Instituto de Ginecología y Fertilidad (IFER) y Universidad Barcelo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Andrology, Sexology & STIs, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Physiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Mangalagiri, Mangalagiri, India
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- Department of Urology, Dr Wahidin Sudirohusodo Hospital, Makassar, Indonesia
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- Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Urology, Biruni University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Urology, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
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- Department of Urology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
- Urology Department, University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, USA
- Department of Urology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Urology, Dr. Dradjat Hospital, Serang, Indonesia
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- Department of Andrology and Sexual Medicine, Hanoi Medical University’s Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Division of Urology, Centro Universitario FMABC, Santo André, Brazil
- Andrology Department at Ideia Fertil Institute, Santo Andre, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Urology, Sawai Man Singh Medical College and Hospital, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
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- Department of Urology, Prof. Dr. I.G.N.G Ngoerah General Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Udayana, Bali, Indonesia
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- Department of Urology, Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
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- Department of Andrology & Reproductive Medicine, Jindal Hospital & Fertility Center, Meerut, India
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- Department of Urology, Prof R.D. Kandou Hospital, Manado, Indonesia
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- Department of Urology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
- Department of Urology, Weill Cornell Medical-Qatar, Doha, Qatar
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- Department of Urology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Urology and Renal Transplantation, Univeristy of Foggia, Foggia, Italy
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- Department of Urology, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Department of Urology, Military Teaching Hospital, Rabat, Morocco
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- Department of Urology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Urology, Dr. George Mukhari Academic Hospital, Sefako Makgatho Health Science University, Medunsa, Ga-Rankuwa, South Africa
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- Department of Urology, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Health Sciences, Kanuni Training and Research Hospital, Trabzon, Turkey
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- Department of Urology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Urology, Gulhane Research and Training Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Urology, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Lusaka, Lusaka, Zambia
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- Department of Urology, Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
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- Sexual Health and Fertility Research Center, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran
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- Department of Andrology, Binh Dan Hospital, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
- Department of Urology and Andrology, Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
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- Tam Anh IVF Center, Tam Anh General Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hanoi Obstetric and Gynecology Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Department of Urology, Soetomo Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia
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- Department of Urology, Universitas Airlangga Teaching Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia
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- Department of Urology, General Hospital, Cuprija, Serbia
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- Department of Reproduction and Artificial Insemination, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kafkas University, Kars, Turkey
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- FertilTree-Jaslok International Fertility Centre, Jaslok Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Urology, Istanbul Medipol Mega University Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Cure & SK Hospital, Trivandrum, India
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- Department of Anatomy, Khesar Gyalpo University of Medical Sciences of Bhutan, Thimphu, Bhutan
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- Andrology Study Program, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Sumedang, West Java, Indonesia
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- Department of Andrology, Fundacio Puigvert, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Andrology, Binh Dan Hospital, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
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- Department of Urology, Peking University Third Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu, Nigeria
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- Urology Unit, Department of Surgery, Hospital Angkatan Tentera Tuanku Mizan, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Urology, National University Hospital, Singapore
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- Department of Urology, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Urology, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Lusaka, Lusaka, Zambia
- Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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Agarwal A, Farkouh A, Saleh R, Hamoda TAAAM, Salvio G, Boitrelle F, Harraz AM, Ghayda RA, Kavoussi P, Gül M, Toprak T, Russo GI, Durairajanayagam D, Rambhatla A, Birowo P, Cannarella R, Phuoc NHV, Zini A, Arafa M, Wyns C, Tremellen K, Sarıkaya S, Lewis S, Evenson DP, Ko E, Calogero AE, Bahar F, Martínez M, Ambar RF, Colpi GM, Bakircioglu ME, Henkel R, Kandil H, Serefoglu EC, Alfakhri A, Tsujimura A, Kheradmand A, Marino A, Adamyan A, Zilaitiene B, Ozer C, Pescatori E, Vogiatzi P, Busetto GM, Balercia G, Elbardisi H, Akhavizadegan H, Sajadi H, Taniguchi H, Park HJ, Maldonado Rosas I, Al-Marhoon M, Sadighi Gilani MA, Alhathal N, Quang N, Pinggera GM, Kothari P, Micic S, Homa S, Long TQT, Zohdy W, Atmoko W, Ibrahim W, Sabbaghian M, Abumelha SM, Chung E, Ugur MR, Ozkent MS, Selim O, Darbandi M, Fukuhara S, Jamali M, de la Rosette J, Kuroda S, Smith RP, Baser A, Kalkanli A, Tadros NN, Aydos K, Mierzwa TC, Khalafalla K, Malhotra V, Moussa M, Finocchi F, Rachman RI, Giulioni C, Avidor-Reiss T, Kahraman O, Çeker G, Zenoaga-Barbăroșie C, Barrett TL, Yilmaz M, Kadioglu A, Jindal S, Omran H, Bocu K, Karthikeyan VS, Franco G, Solorzano JF, Vishwakarma RB, Arianto E, Garrido N, Jain D, Gherabi N, Sokolakis I, Palani A, Calik G, Kulaksiz D, Simanaviciene V, Simopoulou M, Güngör ND, Blecher G, Falcone M, Jezek D, Preto M, Amar E, Le TV, Ahn ST, Rezano A, Singh K, Rocco L, Savira M, Rajmil O, Darbandi S, Sogutdelen E, Boeri L, Hernández G, Hakim L, Morimoto Y, Japari A, Sofikitis N, Altay B, Metin Mahmutoglu A, Al Hashimi M, Ziouziou I, Anagnostopoulou C, Lin H, Shah R. Technical Aspects and Clinical Limitations of Sperm DNA Fragmentation Testing in Male Infertility: A Global Survey, Current Guidelines, and Expert Recommendations. World J Mens Health 2024; 42:202-215. [PMID: 37635341 PMCID: PMC10782128 DOI: 10.5534/wjmh.230076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2023] [Accepted: 04/10/2023] [Indexed: 08/29/2023] Open
Abstract
PURPOSE Sperm DNA fragmentation (SDF) is a functional sperm abnormality that can impact reproductive potential, for which four assays have been described in the recently published sixth edition of the WHO laboratory manual for the examination and processing of human semen. The purpose of this study was to examine the global practices related to the use of SDF assays and investigate the barriers and limitations that clinicians face in incorporating these tests into their practice. MATERIALS AND METHODS Clinicians managing male infertility were invited to complete an online survey on practices related to SDF diagnostic and treatment approaches. Their responses related to the technical aspects of SDF testing, current professional society guidelines, and the literature were used to generate expert recommendations via the Delphi method. Finally, challenges related to SDF that the clinicians encounter in their daily practice were captured. RESULTS The survey was completed by 436 reproductive clinicians. Overall, terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase deoxyuridine triphosphate Nick-End Labeling (TUNEL) is the most commonly used assay chosen by 28.6%, followed by the sperm chromatin structure assay (24.1%), and the sperm chromatin dispersion (19.1%). The choice of the assay was largely influenced by availability (70% of respondents). A threshold of 30% was the most selected cut-off value for elevated SDF by 33.7% of clinicians. Of respondents, 53.6% recommend SDF testing after 3 to 5 days of abstinence. Although 75.3% believe SDF testing can provide an explanation for many unknown causes of infertility, the main limiting factors selected by respondents are a lack of professional society guideline recommendations (62.7%) and an absence of globally accepted references for SDF interpretation (50.3%). CONCLUSIONS This study represents the largest global survey on the technical aspects of SDF testing as well as the barriers encountered by clinicians. Unified global recommendations regarding clinician implementation and standard laboratory interpretation of SDF testing are crucial.
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- Ashok Agarwal
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Andrology, Faculty of Medicine, Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University, Minia, Egypt
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Endocrinology, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy
| | - Florence Boitrelle
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Reproductive Biology, Fertility Preservation, Andrology, CECOS, Poissy Hospital, Poissy, France
- Department of Biology, Reproduction, Epigenetics, Environment, and Development, Paris Saclay University, UVSQ, INRAE, BREED, Jouy-en-Josas, France
| | - Ahmed M Harraz
- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Urology and Nephrology Center, Mansoura, Egypt
- Department of Surgery, Urology Unit, Farwaniya Hospital, Farwaniya, Kuwait
- Department of Urology, Sabah Al Ahmad Urology Center, Kuwait City, Kuwait
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Urology Institute, University Hospitals, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Reproductive Urology, Austin Fertility & Reproductive Medicine/Westlake IVF, Austin, TX, USA
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Selçuk University School of Medicine, Konya, Turkey
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Urology Section, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Sungai Buloh Campus, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Henry Ford Health System, Vattikuti Urology Institute, Detroit, MI, USA
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
- Department of Urology, Glickman Urological & Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Andrology, Binh Dan Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- Department of Urology and Andrology, Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Surgery, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
- Department of Urology, Weill Cornell Medical-Qatar, Doha, Qatar
- Department of Andrology and STDs, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Gynaecology-Andrology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Universitat Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Obstetrics Gynaecology and Reproductive Medicine, Flinders University, Bedford Park, Australia
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Galhane Research and Training Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Ankara, Turkey
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Examen Lab Ltd., Northern Ireland, UK
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- SCSA Diagnostics, Brookings, SD, USA
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Loma Linda University Health, Loma Linda, CA, USA
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Surgery, Urology Unit, Farwaniya Hospital, Farwaniya, Kuwait
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Andrology Section, Siloam Sriwijaya Hospital, Palembang, Indonesia
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Section of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Santo Tomas Hospital, Manila, Philippines
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Centro Universitario em Saude do ABC, Santo Andre, Brazil
- Andrology Group at Ideia Fertil Institute of Human Reproduction, Santo Andre, Brazil
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Andrology and IVF Center, Next Fertility Procrea, Lugano, Switzerland
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, Imperial College London, London, UK
- Department of Medical Bioscience, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Fakih IVF Fertility Center, Abu Dhabi, UAE
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Biruni University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Juntendo University Urayasu Hospital, Chiba, Japan
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Golestan Hospital, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Reproductive Medicine Unit, ANDROS Day Surgery Clinic, Reproductive Medicine Unit, Palermo, Italy
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- IVF Department, Astghik Medical Center, Yerevan, Armenia
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Institute of Endocrinology, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Andrology and Reproductive Medicine Unit, Gynepro Medical, Bologna, Italy
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Andromed Health & Reproduction, Fertility & Reproductive Health Diagnostic Center, Athens, Greece
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology and Renal Transplantation, University of Foggia, Policlinico Riuniti, Foggia, Italy
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Endocrinology, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
- Department of Urology, Weill Cornell Medical-Qatar, Doha, Qatar
- Department of Urology, College of Medicine, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Sina Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Andrology, Reproductive Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology and Andrology, Kansai Medical University, Hirakata, Osaka, Japan
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Busan, Korea
- Medical Research Institute of Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Korea
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- IVF Laboratory, CITMER Reproductive Medicine, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Andrology, Reproductive Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Center for Andrology and Sexual Medicine, Viet Duc University Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam
- Department of Urology, Andrology and Sexual Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Topiwala National Medical College, B.Y.L Nair Ch Hospital, Mumbai, India
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Andrology, Uromedica Polyclinic, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hanoi Obstetric and Gynecology Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Andrology and STDs, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Taylor's University, Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Andrology, Reproductive Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, University of Queensland, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane QLD, Australia
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- IVF Michigan, Bloomfield Hills, MI, USA
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Konya City Hospital, Konya, Turkey
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Andrology and STDs, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Fetal Health Research Center, Hope Generation Foundation, Tehran, Iran
- Gene Therapy and Regenerative Medicine Research Center, Hope Generation Foundation, Tehran, Iran
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Mohammed V Military Hospital, Rabat, Morocco
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Urology, Glickman Urological & Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Bandirma Onyedi Eylül University, Balikesir, Turkey
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Taksim Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Division of Urology, Southern Illinois University, Springfield, IL, USA
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Androlab, Fertility Clinic, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
- Department of Urology, University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, USA
- Department of Urology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, SCM Clinic and Hospital, New Delhi, India
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon
- Department of Urology, Al Zahraa Hospital, UMC, Lebanon
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Endocrinology, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Endocrinology, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA
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- Andrology and Reproductive Medicine Unit, Gynepro Medical, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jaipur Golden Hospital, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Surgery, School of Clinical Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Environmental, Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Caserta, Italy
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- Department of Urology, Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University, Bolu, Turkey
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Unit of Reproductive Medicine, EmbryoART, Leto Maternity Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Department of Urology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Global Andrology Forum, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
- Division of Andrology, Department of Urology, Lilavati Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai, India
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El Anzaoui J, Cherraqi A, Jamali M, Andour H, Eladioui G, Doulhousne H. Pediatric testicular posttraumatic dislocation presenting as a testicular torsion: A case report. Urol Case Rep 2023; 48:102396. [PMID: 37089197 PMCID: PMC10119879 DOI: 10.1016/j.eucr.2023.102396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2023] [Revised: 03/31/2023] [Accepted: 04/02/2023] [Indexed: 04/05/2023] Open
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Traumatic dislocation of the testicle is a rare complication that occurs after blunt trauma to the scrotum or abdominopelvic injury. The majority of cases occur in young adults following severe scrotal trauma in a motorcycle accident. We report the case of a 1.5-year-old infant admitted for left scrotal swelling with a left inguinal mass. Ultrasound and Doppler examination showed a twisted necrotic testicle with inguinal adenopathy. Surgical exploration in the emergency room confirmed that the inguinal mass was a dislocated testicle with an intrascrotal hematoma that was evacuated followed by orchidopexy of the dislocated testicle.
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Jamali M, Cherraqi A, Melang Mvomo A, Boukhlifi Y, Alami M, Ameur A. Thrombosis of the deep dorsal vein of the penis caused by vaccine-induced thrombotic thrombocytopenia: First reported case. Arab J Urol 2023; 21:36-39. [PMID: 36818370 PMCID: PMC9930863 DOI: 10.1080/2090598x.2022.2127236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022] Open
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The first described case of deep dorsal vein thrombosis of the penis secondary to vaccine-induced thrombotic thrombocytopenia (VITT), a complication of COVID adenoviral vector vaccines. The patient reported pain in the penis one month after vaccination. On ultrasound, a deep dorsal vein thrombosis was found and a biological workup was ordered to confirm the VITT trail. Anticoagulant therapy was immediately initiated and the patient responds well while suffering from erectile dysfunction. VITT is a potentially serious event that can be life-threatening; every practitioner should know how to deal with it.
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- Mounir Jamali
- Urology Department, Mohammed V Military Hospital, Rabat, Morocco,CONTACT Mounir Jamali Urology Department, Mohammed V Military Hospital, Hay Ryad 10100 - Rabat, Morocco
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- Radiology Department, Mohammed V Military Hospital, Rabat, Morocco
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- Urology Department, Mohammed V Military Hospital, Rabat, Morocco
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- Urology Department, Mohammed V Military Hospital, Rabat, Morocco
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Jendouzi O, Lamghari A, Jamali M, Harchaoui A, Alami M, Ameur A. Knotted double j ureteral stent: a case report and literature review. Pan Afr Med J 2022; 43:5. [PMID: 36284889 PMCID: PMC9557805 DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2022.43.5.34538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2022] [Accepted: 04/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Many complications due to double j (DJ) stent placement have been reported. DJ stent knotting is a rare complication, with only a few cases reported in the literature. We presented a case of DJ stent knotting and reviewed the literature regarding this complication. We reported a 20-year-old man with a history of cystinuria and ureteral stone managed with retrograde ureteroscopy and holmium laser three months ago. The patient comes for DJ stent removal. Firstly, we tried to remove the DJ stent via the cystoscopic procedure, which failed. A fluoroscopic image revealed a knotted DJ stent lodged at the ureteropelvic junction and was removed via holmium laser ureteroscopic procedure without complications. In conclusion, when cystoscopic procedure with simple traction fails to remove DJ stents, multimodality urological procedures such as holmium laser should be tried, especially in patients with urolithiasis predisposing factors.
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- Omar Jendouzi
- Department of Urology, Military Teaching Hospital, Rabat, Morocco
- Corresponding author: Omar Jendouzi, Department of Urology, Military Teaching Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.
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- Department of Urology, Military Teaching Hospital, Rabat, Morocco
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- Department of Urology, Military Teaching Hospital, Rabat, Morocco
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- Department of Urology, Military Teaching Hospital, Rabat, Morocco
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- Department of Urology, Military Teaching Hospital, Rabat, Morocco
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- Department of Urology, Military Teaching Hospital, Rabat, Morocco
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Jamali M, Boukhlifi Y, Jendouzi O, Alami M, Ameur A, Tanz R, Ichou M. Ewing's sarcoma of the bladder: a case report and review of the literature. PAMJ-CM 2022. [DOI: 10.11604/pamj-cm.2022.9.4.32193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Boukhlifi Y, N’Douro A, Mrabti M, Tetou M, Hassan I, Hamdoune L, Jamali M, Condé F, Jendouzi O, Ameur A, Alami M. Les facteurs prédictifs de tumeur résiduelle dans la seconde résection transrectale des tumeurs de vessie n’infiltrants pas le muscle vésical (TVNIM) classées T1 de haut grade. Prog Urol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.purol.2021.08.207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Boukhlifi Y, Jamali M, Hamdoune L, Condé F, Ameur A, Alami M. La dysfonction érectile (DE) : influence de l’ancienneté de la DE sur la réponse au traitement par les inhibiteurs de phosphodde-5 (IPDE-5) en monothérapie. Prog Urol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.purol.2021.08.102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Bakhshandeh E, Jamali M. Halothermal and hydrothermal time models describe germination responses of canola seeds to ageing. Plant Biol (Stuttg) 2021; 23:621-629. [PMID: 33683764 DOI: 10.1111/plb.13251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2020] [Accepted: 03/02/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Hydrothermal time (HTT) and halothermal time (HaloTT) models were used to quantitatively characterize the combined effects of temperature (T), water potential (ψ) and NaCl concentration on seed germination of canola after different accelerated ageing periods (AAP) at 42 °C and 100% humidity. Seed germination time courses were observed and electrical conductivities of seed leachates were measured in all experiments. The cardinal temperatures estimated by both models were 4.6, 28 and 35 °C for the base (Tb ), optimum (To ) and ceiling (Tc ) temperatures in water (0 MPa), respectively, when the seeds were not aged. The Tb increased with AAP, while the Tc decreased and the To remained constant at all AAP. Below To , the median base water potentials (ψb (50)) were -1.07, -0.73, -0.48 and -0.39 MPa for the AAP levels of 0, 24, 36 and 48 h, respectively. These values were more negative when germination occurred in salt solutions (the base NaCl concentrations converted to ψ were -1.25, -0.81, -0.51 and -0.41 MPa, respectively), due to uptake of salt ions. Thresholds became more positive above To and reached zero at Tc in all AAP. Seed osmotic adjustment capacity declined linearly with increasing AAP while the conductivity of seed leachates increased in association with the loss of seed vigour. Significant correlations between conductivity results and the parameters of HTT and HaloTT models suggest that they could be considered as effective descriptors of canola seed vigour.
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- E Bakhshandeh
- Genetics and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute of Tabarestan & Sari Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University, Sari, Iran
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- Department of Agroecology, Environmental Sciences Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
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Neamati M, Jamali M, Tabrizi R, Barati B. Does maxillary advancement alter vocal acoustic parameters in class III skeletal patients? Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2021; 59:1287-1290. [PMID: 34462161 DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2021.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2021] [Accepted: 06/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Any change in the maxillary position can affect the length of the vocal tract. This cross-sectional study aimed to assess the vocal acoustic parameters in 24 class III skeletal patients who underwent Le Fort I osteotomy for maxillary advancement. The vocal acoustic parameters (fundamental frequency, and jitter and shimmer perturbation indexes) were studied before, and at three, seven, and 10 months after maxillary advancement. The age and gender of the patients were the variables of the study. The amount of maxillary advancement was the predictive factor, and the changes in vocal acoustic parameters the study outcomes. Repeated-measures ANOVA were used to analyse the vocal acoustic parameters at different time points. Mean (SD) maxillary advancement was 3.5 (0.59) mm (range 3 - 6 mm). Data analysis did not demonstrate any significant correlation between the mean amount of maxillary advancement and changes in vocal acoustic parameters except for frequency of the 'i' sound. The results did not show a substantial change in the vocal acoustic parameters at 10 months after orthognathic surgery compared with baseline. These changed at three and seven months, but had returned to their baseline preoperative state 10 months after surgery.
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- M Neamati
- School of Dentistry, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- School of Dentistry, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- School of Dentistry, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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- Medical School, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Ahmadbeigi N, Alatab S, Vasei M, Ranjbar A, Aghayan S, Khorsand A, Moradzadeh K, Darvishyan Z, Jamali M, Muhammadnejad S. Characterization of a xenograft model for anti-CD19 CAR T cell studies. Clin Transl Oncol 2021; 23:2181-2190. [PMID: 33942221 DOI: 10.1007/s12094-021-02626-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2020] [Accepted: 04/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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PURPOSE Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell development for B cell malignancies treatment has triggered a paradigm shift in oncology. The development of anti-CD19 CAR T cells relies primarily on a panel of cell line-derived xenograft models, including Raji cells; however, the behavior of this model is under debate. We attempted to characterize this lymphoma model and propose outcome measures for CAR T cell studies METHODS: Raji cell line was inoculated into NOG mice via intra-venous (IV), intra-peritoneal (IP), and subcutaneous (SC) routes with different inoculum sizes, and consequent clinical and histopathological outcomes were assessed. RESULTS Inoculum sizes of 105-106 resulted in a complete take rate. The mice with IV and SC-inoculated Raji cells presented the shortest and longest survival among lymphoma-bearing mice, respectively (P < 0.01). The IP group had the highest number of both infiltrated organs (P < 0.05; compared to SC) and involvement of lymphatic sites (P < 0.05; compared to IV). The number of lymphoma lesions on the liver was higher in the IV compared to IP (P < 0.001) and SC (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION We demonstrate that the Raji cell line inoculation route could determine the xenograft model system behavior in terms of survival, tumor burden, and dissemination pattern and gives the model the specific features suitable for testing the specific hypothesis in CAR T cell therapy. We also conclude outcome measures for CAR T cell studies that do not require imaging techniques.
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- N Ahmadbeigi
- Gene Therapy Research Center, Digestive Diseases Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Digestive Diseases Research Center, Digestive Diseases Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Cell-Based Therapies Research Center, Digestive Diseases Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Gene Therapy Research Center, Digestive Diseases Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- SABZ Biomedicals Science-Based Company, Tehran, Iran
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- Gene Therapy Research Center, Digestive Diseases Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- SABZ Biomedicals Science-Based Company, Tehran, Iran
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- Gene Therapy Research Center, Digestive Diseases Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Gene Therapy Research Center, Digestive Diseases Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- SABZ Biomedicals Science-Based Company, Tehran, Iran
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- Gene Therapy Research Center, Digestive Diseases Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Gene Therapy Research Center, Digestive Diseases Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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This article presents the first experimental-computational study on the centrifugal detachment of a compound droplet (e.g., a primary water droplet cloaked by an immiscible oil) from a fiber. The work was intended to establish a method for quantifying the force needed to detach compound droplets of different compositions from a fiber. More importantly, our study was aimed at improving the understanding of the interplay between interfacial and external forces acting on a compound droplet during forceful detachment. The experiments were conducted using DI water, for the primary droplet, and silicone or mineral oil, for the cloaking fluid. It was observed from the experiments that the silicone-oil-cloaked droplets behave differently from the mineral-oil-cloaked droplets. It was also observed that detachment force decreases with increasing the oil-to-water volume ratio. The simulations were performed using the Surface Evolver (SE) finite element code programmed for the complicated four-phase (air, water, oil, and solid) interfacial problem at hand. Our simulations revealed the evolution of the interfacial forces between the interacting phases under an increasing external body force on the droplet. The simulations also allowed us to define effective interfacial tensions and contact angles for detaching compound droplets, for the first time. Reasonable agreement was observed between the experimental measurements and computational results.
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- H J Holweger
- Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23284-3015, United States
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-7910, United States
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-7910, United States
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Delarestaghi MM, Rajaeih S, Firouzabadi FD, Jamali M, Roomiani M, Firouzabadi MD, Memari F, Jahandideh H. Evaluation of the effect of endoscopic partial middleturbinectomy surgery on the quality of life of patients with chronic rhinosinusitis and nasal polyps. Rhinology 2020; 58:208-212. [PMID: 32441709 DOI: 10.4193/rhin19.258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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BACKGROUND Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is a common chronic inflammatory disease. Endoscopic sinus surgery is recommended as a standard method when medical treatment fails. The effectiveness of various complementary surgical methods such as endoscopic partial middle-turbinectomy is controversial in the improvement of CRS symptoms in these patients. This study aimed to investigate the effect of endoscopic partial middle-turbinectomy on the quality of life (QOL) of patients with chronic rhinosinusitis and nasal polyps (CRSwNP) in Iran. METHOD Ninety patients with CRSwNP of grades 3 and 4 were randomly assigned to either an intervention (45 patients) or control group (45 patients). In the control group, endoscopic sinus surgery without middle turbinectomy was performed and in the intervention group, endoscopic partial middle-turbinectomy was performed in addition to endoscopic sinus surgery. To evaluate the outcomes, the SNOT-22 QOL questionnaire was used, and the results were analyzed using SPSS version 24. RESULTS Most of the patients were male and had a mean age of 39 years. The mean SNOT-22 QOL questionnaire scores were 49.13 ± 16.72 and 52.51 ± 16.95 before surgery in the control and intervention groups respectively, which did not show any significant difference. In contrast, after endoscopic surgery these scores changed to 28.46 ± 12.38 and 11.13 ± 5.55 in the control and intervention groups, respectively and there was a significant difference between both groups. Although there was a significant improvement in both groups, the patients in the intervention group experienced more improvement than the control group (41.4 (± 16.46)) vs 30.7 (±18.27), respectively CONCLUSION: According to this study, it appears that the use of endoscopic partial middle-turbinectomy in addition to endoscopic sinus surgery improves CRS symptoms and the QOL of patients compared with endoscopic sinus surgery alone.
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- M M Delarestaghi
- Firoozgar Clinical Research Development Center, Firoozgar Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Firoozgar Clinical Research Development Center, Firoozgar Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- ENT and Head and Neck Research Center, The Five Senses Institute, Hazrat Rasoul Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- ENT and Head and Neck Research Center, The Five Senses Institute, Hazrat Rasoul Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- ENT and Head and Neck Research Center, The Five Senses Institute, Hazrat Rasoul Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- ENT and Head and Neck Research Center, The Five Senses Institute, Hazrat Rasoul Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Firoozgar Clinical Research Development Center, Firoozgar Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Firoozgar Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Zafarghandi Motlagh F, Fallah MS, Bagherian H, Shirzadeh T, Ghasri S, Dabbagh S, Jamali M, Salehi Z, Abiri M, Zeinali S. Molecular genetic diagnosis of Glanzmann syndrome in Iranian population; reporting novel and recurrent mutations. Orphanet J Rare Dis 2019; 14:87. [PMID: 31029159 PMCID: PMC6487065 DOI: 10.1186/s13023-019-1042-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2018] [Accepted: 03/05/2019] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Glanzmann thrombasthenia (GT) is a rare autosomal recessive abnormality of platelet aggregation with quantitative and/or qualitative abnormality of αIIbβ3 integrin. The αIIbβ3 is a platelet fibrinogen receptor, which is required for platelet aggregation, firm adhesion, and also spreading. The disease is more prevalent in the populations with a higher rate of consanguineous marriages as in some Middle Eastern populations including Iraq, Jordan, and Iran. Different types of mutations in ITGA2B and ITGB3 genes have been previously reported to cause the disease. RESULT In this study, 16 patients with the clinical diagnosis of GT were studied. Direct sequencing of the exons and exon-intron boundaries of the above genes revealed mutations in 14 patients (detection rate: 87.5%). Briefly, out of fifteen types of identified mutations, 14 were novel. Seven mutations in the ITGB3 gene included 4 missense [c.2T > C, c.155 G > T, c. 538 G > A, c.1990 G > T], one nonsense mutation [c.1303 G > T], a small deletion [c.1656_1658delCTC] and a deletion of one nucleotide [c.401delA]. Mutations in the ITGA2B were 8 different mutations consisting 2 missense [c.286 T > A, c.842 C > T], 2 deletions [c.1899 del T, c.189-319_236del], an insertion [c.1071_1072insG] and one splice site mutations [c.409-3 C > G], one synonymous mutation that might alter the normal splicing process [c.1392 A > G] and a nonsense mutation [c.1555 C > T]. The causative mutation in 2 patients remained unknown. Using long-range PCR and sequencing, we found a rather large deletion. The break point of this deletion covers 319 nt from the last part of the first intron and 48 nt from the beginning of the second exon of ITGA2B gene. The deletion was also detected in two unrelated patients with the same ethnicity. In addition, in silico analyses of novel mutations were performed. CONCLUSION There was no recurrent mutation in the studied population. This may be due to either small sample size or the heterogeneity of the studied population.
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- F Zafarghandi Motlagh
- Dr. Zeinali's Medical Genetics Lab, Kawsar Human Genetics Research Center, No. 41 Majlesi St., Vali Asr St, Tehran, 1595645513, Iran
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- Dr. Zeinali's Medical Genetics Lab, Kawsar Human Genetics Research Center, No. 41 Majlesi St., Vali Asr St, Tehran, 1595645513, Iran
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- Dr. Zeinali's Medical Genetics Lab, Kawsar Human Genetics Research Center, No. 41 Majlesi St., Vali Asr St, Tehran, 1595645513, Iran
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- Dr. Zeinali's Medical Genetics Lab, Kawsar Human Genetics Research Center, No. 41 Majlesi St., Vali Asr St, Tehran, 1595645513, Iran
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- Dr. Zeinali's Medical Genetics Lab, Kawsar Human Genetics Research Center, No. 41 Majlesi St., Vali Asr St, Tehran, 1595645513, Iran
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- Dr. Zeinali's Medical Genetics Lab, Kawsar Human Genetics Research Center, No. 41 Majlesi St., Vali Asr St, Tehran, 1595645513, Iran
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- Dr. Zeinali's Medical Genetics Lab, Kawsar Human Genetics Research Center, No. 41 Majlesi St., Vali Asr St, Tehran, 1595645513, Iran
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- Department of Biology, Pardis International, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran
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- Dr. Zeinali's Medical Genetics Lab, Kawsar Human Genetics Research Center, No. 41 Majlesi St., Vali Asr St, Tehran, 1595645513, Iran. .,Department of Medical Genetics and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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- Dr. Zeinali's Medical Genetics Lab, Kawsar Human Genetics Research Center, No. 41 Majlesi St., Vali Asr St, Tehran, 1595645513, Iran. .,Department of Molecular Medicine, Biotechnology Research Center, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran.
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Moghadam A, Jamali M, Venkateshan D, Vahedi Tafreshi H, Pourdeyhimi B. A new approach to modeling liquid intrusion in hydrophobic fibrous membranes with heterogeneous wettabilities. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2018.08.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Water droplet mobility on a hydrophobic surface cannot be guaranteed even when the droplet exhibits a high contact angle (CA) with the surface. In fact, droplet mobility on a surface, especially a fibrous surface, has remained an unsolved empirical problem. This paper is a combined experimental-computational study focused on droplet mobility on a fibrous surface. Electrospun polystyrene (PS) coatings were used in this work for their ability to exhibit high CAs simultaneously with low droplet mobility. To simplify this otherwise complicated problem and better isolate droplet-fiber interactions, the orientation of the fibers in the coatings was limited to the x and y directions. As the earth gravity was not strong enough to mobilize small droplets on PS coatings, experiments were conducted using ferrofluid droplets, and a magnet was used to make them move on the surface. Experimentally validated numerical simulations were used to enhance our understanding of the forces acting on a droplet before moving on the surface. Effects of Young-Laplace CA and fiber-fiber spacing on droplet mobility were investigated. In particular, it was found that droplet mobility depends strongly on the balance of forces exerted on the droplet by the fibers on the receding and advancing sides.
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- M Jamali
- Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering , Virginia Commonwealth University , Richmond , Virginia 23284-3015 , United States
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- Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering , Virginia Commonwealth University , Richmond , Virginia 23284-3015 , United States
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- The Nonwovens Institute , NC State University , Raleigh , North Carolina 27695-7103 , United States
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Cook E, Izukawa T, Johnson D, Bain E, Hilland J, Snetsinger B, Momtaz B, Francis J, Young S, Rosen G, Jamali M, Buckstein J, Rauh M, Buckstein R. Clonal Hematopoiesis of Aging (CHIP) is Associated with Specific Immunological Parameters and Clinical Comorbidities: Toward Practical Screening in Older Adults. Leuk Res 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/s0145-2126(17)30284-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Jamali M, Samavi S, Karimi N, Soroushmehr SMR, Ward K, Najarian K. Robust watermarking in non-ROI of medical images based on DCT-DWT. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2017; 2016:1200-1203. [PMID: 28268540 DOI: 10.1109/embc.2016.7590920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Increasing demand and utilization of telemedicine require transmission of medical information and images over internet. Since authenticity of received images is crucial and patient's information should be included with minimum changes in images, robust watermarking schemes are needed. In this paper, we propose a robust watermark method that embeds patient's information outside the region of interest (ROI) in medical image. In order to find appropriate regions for embedding, we use saliency as a means of measuring importance of regions and find blocks having minimum overlap with the ROI. The algorithm employs wavelet transform and also discrete cosine transform (DCT) domains in the embedding stage and redundantly embeds watermark to increase robustness against possible alterations. Moreover, voting is utilized in the extraction phase. Experimental results show the efficiency of the proposed method and better results are obtained as compared to comparable methods with same size of the watermarked data.
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Jamali M, Bayrami M. Comparison of Cluster C personality disorders in couples with normal divorce. J Fundam and Appl Sci 2016. [DOI: 10.4314/jfas.v8i3s.170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Lidove O, Le Fèvre L, Goasguen N, Jamali M, Vercellino L, Garnier M, Khellaf M, Belmatoug N, Ziza JM. Déficit en sphingomyélinase acide et rupture splénique : splénectomie ou traitement conservateur ? Rev Med Interne 2015; 36:619-22. [DOI: 10.1016/j.revmed.2014.10.367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2014] [Revised: 10/21/2014] [Accepted: 10/29/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Jafarzadeh A, Jamali M, Mahdavi R, Ebrahimi HA, Hajghani H, Khosravimashizi A, Nemati M, Najafipour H, Sheikhi A, Mohammadi MM, Daneshvar H. Circulating levels of interleukin-35 in patients with multiple sclerosis: evaluation of the influences of FOXP3 gene polymorphism and treatment program. J Mol Neurosci 2014; 55:891-7. [PMID: 25326790 DOI: 10.1007/s12031-014-0443-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2014] [Accepted: 10/10/2014] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The regulatory T (Treg) cells play a major role in the control of the autoimmunity and inflammation, and IL-35 has been described as an immunosuppressive cytokine that is mainly produced by CD4(+)FOXP3(+) Treg cells. The aim of this study was to evaluate the serum levels of IL-35 and a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP), rs3761548, in FOXP3 gene in patients with multiple sclerosis. The blood samples were collected from 140 multiple sclerosis (MS) patients (including 51 untreated and 89 treated patients) and 140 healthy subjects as a control group. The serum levels of IL-35 were measured by ELISA. The DNA was analyzed for SNP rs3761548 in FOXP3 gene using SSP-PCR. There was no significant difference between untreated MS patients and control group regarding the mean serum levels of IL-35, although this parameter was higher in untreated patients. However, the mean serum level of IL-35 in treated MS patients was significantly higher than that in the control group (P < 0.008). The mean serum levels of IL-35 in patients who were treated with interferon-β, methylprednisolone, or with the both interferon-β and methylprednisolone were significantly higher than that in the healthy group (P < 0.01, P < 0.01, and P < 0.2, respectively). The frequencies of AA and AC genotypes at rs3761548 in the FOXP3 gene were significantly higher in MS group as compared with healthy subjects (P < 0.05). The frequency of CC genotype at rs3761548 was significantly lower in the MS group in comparison with healthy control subjects (P < 0.001). Moreover, the frequency of A allele was significantly higher whereas the frequency of C allele was significantly lower in MS patients in comparison to healthy subjects (P < 0.001). The mean serum level of IL-35 was significantly lower in MS patients or healthy subjects with AA genotype as compared with those with CC genotype at rs3761548 in FOXP3 gene (P < 0.01 and P < 0.001, respectively). These results showed higher serum levels of IL-35 in treated MS patients representing that the benefit effects of treatment may in part performed through the upregulation of the IL-35 production. The SNP rs3761548 may influence the susceptibility to MS disease and the serum levels of IL-35.
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- A Jafarzadeh
- Neurology Research Center, Department of Neurology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran,
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Le Fevre L, Lidove O, Goasguen N, Jamali M, Vercellino L, Garnier M, Khellaf M, Belmatoug N, Ziza J. Déficit en sphingomyélinase acide (Niemann-Pick B) et rupture splénique : splénectomie ou traitement conservateur ? Rev Med Interne 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.revmed.2014.03.343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Siyushev P, Xia K, Reuter R, Jamali M, Zhao N, Yang N, Duan C, Kukharchyk N, Wieck AD, Kolesov R, Wrachtrup J. Coherent properties of single rare-earth spin qubits. Nat Commun 2014; 5:3895. [DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2014] [Accepted: 04/15/2014] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Sajjadi S, Shokoohinia Y, Jamali M. Chemical composition of essential oil of Ferulago macrocarpa (Fenzl) Boiss. fruits. Res Pharm Sci 2012. [PMID: 23181098 PMCID: PMC3501929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Water-distilled essential oil of Ferulago macrocarpa (Umbelliferae) fruits was analyzed using GC-MS for the first time. Forty-two components comprising 99.5% of the total oil were identified, of which bornyl acetate (40.8%), 2,3,6-trimethyl benzaldehyde (7.2%), δ-selinene (5.5%), 1,10-di-epi-cubenol (5.1%), germacrene D (3.5%), β-phellandrene (3.5%) and α-pinene (3.4%) were found to be the major components. The oil of F. macrocarpa fruits consisted of 15 monoterpene hydrocarbons (21.4%), 6 oxygenated monoterpenes (42.2%), 17 sesquiterpene hydrocarbons (22.4%) and one oxygenated sesquiterpene (5.1%). Three benzenoid derivatives also comprised 8.4% of the oil. Monoterpenes and sesquiterpenes comprised 63.6% and 27.5% of the F. macrocarpa fruits essential oil respectively; however, bornyl acetate (40.8%) was identified as the most abundant component of the oil.
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- S.E. Sajjadi
- Department of Pharmacognosy and Isfahan Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, I.R. Iran,Corresponding author: S.E. Sajjadi, this paper is extracted from the Pharm.D thesis No. 389377
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- Department of Pharmacognosy and Biotechnology, School of Pharmacy, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, I.R. Iran
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- Department of Pharmacognosy and Isfahan Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, I.R. Iran
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Andonian L, Rezaie S, Margaryan A, Farhud DD, Mohammad K, Naieni KH, Khorramizadeh MR, Sanati MH, Jamali M, Bayatian P, Yepiskoposyan L. Iranian Azeri's Y-Chromosomal Diversity in the Context of Turkish-Speaking Populations of the Middle East. Iran J Public Health 2011; 40:119-23. [PMID: 23113065 PMCID: PMC3481719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2010] [Accepted: 02/16/2011] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND The main goal of this study was to conduct a comparative population genetic study of Turkish speaking Iranian Azeries as being the biggest ethno-linguistic community, based on the polymorph markers on Y chromosome. METHODS One hundred Turkish-speaking Azeri males from north-west Iran (Tabriz, 2008-2009) were selected based on living 3 generations paternally in the same region and not having any relationship with each other. Samples were collected by mouth swabs, DNA extracted and multiplex PCR done, then 12 Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) and 6 Microsatellites (MS) were sequenced. Obtained data were statistically analyzed by Arlequin software. RESULTS SNPs and Microsatellites typing were compared with neighboring Turkish-speaking populations (from Turkey and Azerbaijan) and Turkmens representing a possible source group who imposed the Turkish language during 11-15(th) centuries AD. Azeris demonstrated high level of gene diversity compatible with patterns registered in the neighboring Turkish-speaking populations, whereas the Turkmens displayed significantly lower level of genetic variation. This rate of genetic affiliation depends primarily on the geographic proximity. CONCLUSION The imposition of Turkish language to this region was realized predominantly by the process of elite dominance, i.e. by the limited number of invaders who left only weak patrilineal genetic trace in modern populations of the region.
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- L Andonian
- Dept. of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran Iran,Corresponding author: E-mail:
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- Division of Molecular Biology, Dept. of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Human Genetics Group, Institute of Molecular Biology, National Academy of Sciences, Yerevan, Armenia
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- School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran Iran
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- Dept. of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran Iran
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- Dept. of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran Iran,Iranian Epidemiological Association
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- Dept. of Medical Biotechnology, School of Advanced Medical Technologies, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran Iran
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- National Institute for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Pajoohesh Blvd., 17 Km Karaj HWY, Tehran, Iran
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- Academic Member of Ministry of Health and Education, Tehran Iran
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- Dept. of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran Iran
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- Human Genetics Group, Institute of Molecular Biology, National Academy of Sciences, Yerevan, Armenia
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Shoormasti RS, Pourpak Z, Eshraghian MR, Ashtiani MTH, Jamali M, Ziedi M, Pour FA, Moin M. The Study of Total IgE Reference Range in Healthy Adults in Tehran, Iran. Iran J Public Health 2010; 39:32-6. [PMID: 23113020 PMCID: PMC3481635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2010] [Accepted: 07/20/2010] [Indexed: 10/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND IgE is an antibody class that regarded as an important factor in the pathogenesis of allergic diseases, asthma, immune responses to parasitic infection and it could be responsible for the late- phase allergic response. The objective of this study was to evaluate total IgE in healthy Iranian adults, establishment of reference range of total IgE and assess helpfulness of this value in clinical diagnosis atopic and allergic diseases. METHOD Three hundred sixty six healthy adults from blood transfusion volunteers (18 to 60 years) were selected in this study. A specific questionnaire (including demographic factors, smoking status and …) was filled out for each person. Also, we evaluated effect of race and education on total IgE. These adults had no history of allergic disease. The total serum IgE level using a commercial enzyme immunoassay and CBC (Eosinophil count) was determined in them. RESULTS Mean of age was 37.32± 10.93 yrs and 219 cases were males and 147 females. The geometric mean of total IgE was 20.84 IU/ml (2-373 IU/ml) (95% percentile= 250) (95% confidence interval=46.27-62.70). No differences was observed between mean of IgE log in males and females (P= NS) but mean of total IgE log in females is more than males. CONCLUSION Normal range of serum total IgE obtained in this study could be helpful for diagnosis of IgE-dependent allergic disease, as reference ranges in Iranian healthy adults.
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- R Shokouhi Shoormasti
- Immunology, Asthma and Allergy Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
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- Immunology, Asthma and Allergy Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran,Corresponding author: Tel: +98 21 66935855, Fax: +98 2166428995
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- Dept. of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
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- Clinical and Anatomical Pathology, Children Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
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- Iranian Blood Transfusion Organization-Research Center, Tehran, Iran
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- Iranian Blood Transfusion Organization-Research Center, Tehran, Iran
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- Iranian Blood Transfusion Organization-Research Center, Tehran, Iran
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- Immunology, Asthma and Allergy Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
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Jamali M. Ioachim's lymph node pathology, 4th edition. Clin Mol Pathol 2010. [DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2009.074773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Ansquer Y, Santulli P, Colas C, Jamali M, Tournigand C, Duperray L, Duperray B, Jannet D, Carbonne B. [Lobular intra-epithelial neoplasia: atypical lobular hyperplasia and lobular carcinoma in situ]. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010; 39:91-101. [PMID: 20116180 DOI: 10.1016/j.jgyn.2009.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2009] [Revised: 10/26/2009] [Accepted: 11/06/2009] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To review main knowledge about lobular intra-epithelial neoplasia with special interest for daily practice management. MAIN RESULTS Intra-epithelial lobular neoplasias (ILN) are non invasive proliferations within the terminal ducto-lobular unit of monomorphic loosely cohesive small cells. A lack of expression of the E-cadherin adhesion molecule is often observed as in invasive lobular breast cancer. ILN are infrequent, however, a rise in incidence partly, due to the generalization of mammographic screening, is observed. Actually ILN are usually asymptomatic and diagnosed after breast biopsy for unspecified microcalcifications. ILN are associated with an increased risk of breast cancer that persists over 20 years after the initial diagnosis. The average risk is 4.2 % for the ipsilateral breast and 3,5 % for the controlateral breast. However, a great variability in the risk estimation is observed between the studies. There is no consensus on how to treat ILN. Surgical options have varied from biopsy to bilateral mastectomy. Current tendency is favouring lumpectomy.
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- Y Ansquer
- Service de gynécologie-obstétrique, hôpital Saint-Antoine, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie-Paris VI, 184, rue du Faubourg-Saint-Antoine, 75012 Paris, France.
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Jamali M. Atlas of gross pathology with histologic correlation. Clin Mol Pathol 2009. [DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2009.068122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Najafizadeh K, Shiemorteza M, Jamali M, Ghorbani F, Hamidinia S, Assan S, Moghani-Lankarani M. Attitudes of Medical Students About Brain Death and Organ Donation. Transplant Proc 2009; 41:2707-10. [DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2009.06.147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Rasmi Y, Sadreddini M, Peirovi T, Jamali M, Khosravifar F, Dadkhah A, Fatemi F, Rahmati M, Zargari M, Sharifi R. Frequency of ABO blood group in peptic ulcer disease in Iranian subjects. Pak J Biol Sci 2009; 12:991-3. [PMID: 19817128 DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2009.991.993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The relationship between ABO blood group distribution and Peptic Ulcer Disease (PUD) has been widely evaluated in the past. But data concerning the same evaluation are very limited in Iran. This study sought to determine the distribution of ABO blood group in patients with PUD in Iranian subjects. Eighty-one patients with PUD (51 male and 30 female; mean age: 49 +/- 18 years) who attended our endoscopy section were enrolled. Blood samples were used for ABO/Rhesus (Rh) blood group antigen typing. The ABO blood group phenotype distribution in subjects was as follows: 37.1% (30/81) for group A, 23.4% (19/81) for group B, 35.6% (28/81) for group O and 4.9% (4/81) for group AB. Rh positivity was found in 63% (51/81) of patients. In local healthy population, ABO/Rh blood group distribution was 33.8, 20.7, 34.7, 8.4 and 89.6% for A, B, O, AB and Rh, respectively. AB blood group distribution in healthy population was higher than PUD (8.4 vs 4.9%). In contrast, Rh positivity of PUD in Iran is lower than healthy subjects (63 vs 89.6%). Variation in the results of studies is related to different study communities. According to these results, probably ABO/Rh blood group has an important role in patients with peptic ulceration. The functional significance of ABO blood group distribution might be associated with biological behavior of PUD. The impact of blood group on PUD may be a focus for further studies.
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- Y Rasmi
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran
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Rasmi Y, Sadreddini M, Jamali M, Peirouvi T, Khosravifa F. Frequency of Cytotoxin Associated Gene A(+) Helicobacter pylori in Peptic Ulcer Disease: Difference Between Gastric and Duodenal Ulcer Disease. J of Medical Sciences 2009. [DOI: 10.3923/jms.2009.146.150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Safarpour M, Navir SB, Jamali M, Mehdipour A. Semiempirical, ab initio and density functional studies on structural and electronic properties of trans- and cis-cAMPB(H2O). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.theochem.2008.12.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Najafizadeh K, Ghorbani F, Farnia P, Shiehmorteza M, Jamali M. Spoligotyping of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in anthracotic bronchitis. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2008; 12:962-966. [PMID: 18647458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection has been shown to be associated with anthracotic bronchitis. However, the typical manifestation of infection is not usually present in infected patients, which raises the question of whether a particular strain of M. tuberculosis is associated with this group of patients. OBJECTIVE To determine whether a particular strain of M. tuberculosis is associated with anthracotic bronchitis. DESIGN We assessed the predominant space oligonucleotide (spoligotype) patterns of M. tuberculosis complex isolated from patients with anthracotic bronchitis and compared the results with tuberculosis (TB) subtype patterns in Iran and other countries. RESULTS During a 7-month period (April--October 2006), we enrolled 87 patients (30 men and 57 women) with anthracotic bronchitis, 26% (n = 23) of whom had TB. Spoligotyping of M. tuberculosis among these 23 patients showed four distinct patterns: East-African-Indian (11, 47.8%) and Central-Asian (7, 30.4%), Haarlem I (4, 17.4%) and T-1 (1, 4.3%). When compared with spoligotype patterns of M. tuberculosis in Middle Eastern countries, including Iran, anthracotic bronchitis had similar patterns. CONCLUSION Our results indicate that the atypical manifestations of TB in anthracotic patients are not caused by any particular subtypes of M. tuberculosis. We conclude that anthracotic bronchitis is actually an atypical presentation of tuberculous infection with common subtypes inside the bronchial mucosa.
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- K Najafizadeh
- National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Masih Daneshvari Hospital, Darabad, Tehran, Iran.
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Jamali M, Khadir K, Jamaa D, Azzouzi S, Benchikhi H. [Tricholeiomyoma]. Ann Dermatol Venereol 2008; 135:531-2. [PMID: 18598813 DOI: 10.1016/j.annder.2007.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2007] [Accepted: 10/12/2007] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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- M Jamali
- Service de dermatologie, CHU Ibn-Rochd, Casablanca, Maroc.
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Mokhtari G, Noshad A, Jamali M. POS-01.62: Comparison of prevalence of varicocele in first-degree relatives of patients with varicocele and male kidney donors. Urology 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2007.06.852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Rezaeinasab M, Jamali M, Tabatabaei S, Mosavat A. POS-02.98: The effect of ophthalmic thermal cautery application to prevent neonatal circumcision bleeding complication with utilization of plastible ring. Urology 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2007.06.739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Jamali M, El Ouazzani T, Zouhair K, Lakhdar H. Syndrome d’hypersensibilité médicamenteuse à la carbamazépine associé à une réactivation virale du cytomégalovirus. Ann Dermatol Venereol 2007; 134:72-3. [PMID: 17384550 DOI: 10.1016/s0151-9638(07)88996-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Jamali M, Benharbit B, Khadir K, Benchikhi H. CA6 - Syndrome d’hyperimmunoglobulinémie E au cours de la dermatite atopique : étude de sept cas. Ann Dermatol Venereol 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/s0151-9638(07)89104-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Corticosteroid-induced lipomatosis results from hypertrophy within adipose tissue; the condition is frequently asymptomatic and its incidence is underestimated. We report a case of mediastinal lipomatosis that is rare in terms of both site and presenting symptoms. CASE REPORT A 46-year-old woman with no disease history other than obesity with a weight of 90 kg had been treated since 2002 for mixed connective tissue disease (profound lupus and dermatomyositis). She had been treated with oral corti costeroids (1 mg/kg/d). Two months after the start of treatment, she presented chest pains, resting dyspnea particularly aggravated in dorsal decubitus, chest edema in the subclavicular space and jugular turgescence. Chest x-ray revealed widening of all levels of the mediastinum. The chest CT scan showed lipomatosis throughout the entire mediastinum with no associated chest abnormalities or pericardial effusion. Rapid downward dosage adjustment ofcorticosteroids to 10 mg/d coupled with synthetic antimalarials resulted in gradual reduction of symptoms. The chest scan performed two months later short stabilization of the patient's mediastinal lipomatosis. DISCUSSION The effects of long-term of glucocorticosteroid therapy are well-known, in particular Cushing's syndrome. Lipomatosis has been described more recently and affects different axial regions. Mediastinal localization is seen in 15% of patients treated. This presentation is less common than orbital and epidural localizations. Although often asymptomatic, as in our own report, it may present with worrying symptoms that pose real diagnostic problems. The diagnostic examinations of choice are CT scan or MRI. Regression following discontinuation or reduction of corticosteroids is inconsistent and often gradual.
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- M Jamali
- Service de Dermatologie, CHU Ibn Rochd, Casablanca, Maroc.
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- Service de Dermatologie, CHU Ibn Rochd, Casablanca, Maroc.
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Jamali M. Pathology illustrated. Clin Mol Pathol 2006. [DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2005.034264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Lerouge D, Touboul E, Lefranc JP, Uzan S, Jannet D, Moureau-Zabotto L, Genestie C, Antoine M, Jamali M. Association concomitante préopératoire de radiothérapie et de chimiothérapie dans les cancers du col utérin opérables de stades IB2, IIA et IIB proximal de gros volume. Cancer Radiother 2004; 8:168-77. [PMID: 15217584 DOI: 10.1016/j.canrad.2004.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2003] [Revised: 02/11/2004] [Accepted: 02/14/2004] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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PURPOSE To evaluate preliminary results in terms of toxicity, local tumour control, and survival after preoperative concomitant chemoradiation for operable bulky cervical carcinomas. PATIENTS AND METHODS Between December 1991 and October 2001, 42 patients (pts) with bulky cervical carcinomas stage IB2 (11 pts), IIA (15 pts), and IIB (16 pts) with 1/3 proximal parametrial invasion. Median age was 45 years (range: 24-75 years) and clinical median cervical tumour size was 5 cm (range: 4.1-8 cm). A clinical pelvic lymph node involvement has been observed in 10 pts. All patients underwent preoperative external beam pelvic radiation therapy (EBPRT) and concomitant chemotherapy during the first and the fourth radiation weeks combining 5-fluorouracil and cisplatin. The pelvic dose was 40.50 Gy over 4.5 weeks. EBPRT was followed by low-dose-rate uterovaginal brachytherapy with a total dose of 20 Gy in 17 pts. After a rest period of 5-6 weeks, all pts underwent class II modified radical hysterectomy with bilateral lymphadenectomy. Para-aortic lymphadenectomy was performed in eight pts without pathologic para-aortic lymph node involvement. Twenty-one of 25 pts who had not received preoperative uterovaginal brachytherapy underwent postoperative low-dose-rate vaginal brachytherapy of 20 Gy. The median follow-up was 31 months (range: 3-123 months). RESULTS Pathologic residual tumour or lymph node involvement was observed in 23 pts. Among the 22 pts with pathologic residual cervical tumour (<0.5 cm: nine pts; >or=0.5 to <or=1 cm: three pts; >1 cm: 10 pts), seven underwent preoperative EBRT followed by uterovaginal brachytherapy vs. 15 treated with preoperative EBRT alone (P = 0.23). Four pts had pathologic lymph node involvement, three pts had vaginal residual tumour, and four pts had pathologic parametrial invasion. The 2- and 5-year overall survival rates were 85% and 74%, respectively. The 2- and 5-year disease-free survival (DFS) rates were 80% and 71%, respectively. After multivariate analysis, the pathologic residual cervical tumour size was the single independent factor decreasing the probability of DFS (P = 0.0054). The 5-year local control rate and metastatic failure rate were 90% and 83.5%, respectively. Haematological effects were moderate. However, six pts had grade 3 acute intestinal toxicity. Four severe late complications requiring surgical intervention were observed (one small bowel complication, three ureteral complications). CONCLUSION Primary concomitant chemoradiation followed surgery for bulky operable stage I-II cervical carcinomas can be employed with acceptable toxicity. However, systematic preoperative uterovaginal brachytherapy should increase local tumour control.
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- D Lerouge
- Service d'oncologie-radiothérapie, hôpital Tenon, AP-HP, 75020 Paris cedex 20, France
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Azizi E, Arbabi S, Minaee B, Ghahremani M, Ostad S, Jamali M. P30 Evaluation of thymidylate synthase (TS) and thymidine phosphorylase (TP) expressions in Iranian esophageal cancer patients. EJC Suppl 2004. [DOI: 10.1016/s1359-6349(04)90147-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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Azizi E, Minaee B, Ghahremani M, Ostad S, Jamali M. P29 Immunohistochemical analysis of thymidylate synthase (TS) and thymidine phosphorylase (TP) in esophageal cancer patients. EJC Suppl 2004. [DOI: 10.1016/s1359-6349(04)90146-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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Safarpour M, Hemmateenejad B, Miri R, Jamali M. Quantum Chemical-QSAR Study of Some Newly Synthesized 1,4-Dihydropyridine Calcium Channel Blockers. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004. [DOI: 10.1002/qsar.200330852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Atlan D, Touboul E, Deniaud-Alexandre E, Lefranc JP, Ganansia V, Bernard A, Antoine JM, Jannet D, Lhuillier PE, Uzan M, Genestie C, Antoine M, Jamali M, Milliez J, Uzan S, Blondon J. [Operable stage IB and II cancer of the uterine neck: retrospective comparison between preoperative utero-vaginal curietherapy and initial surgery followed by radiotherapy]. Cancer Radiother 2002; 6:217-37. [PMID: 12224488 DOI: 10.1016/s1278-3218(02)00198-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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PURPOSE To identify prognostic factors and treatment toxicity in a series of operable stages IB and II cervical carcinomas. PATIENTS AND METHODS Between May 1972 and January 1994, 414 patients (pts) with cervical carcinoma staged according to the 1995 FIGO staging system underwent radical hysterectomy with (n = 380) or without (n = 34) bilateral pelvic lymph node dissection. Lateral ovarian transposition to preserve ovarian function was performed on 12 pts. The methods of radiation therapy (RT) were not randomised and depended on the usual practices of the surgical teams. Group I: 168 pts received postoperative RT (64 pts received vaginal brachytherapy alone [mean total dose (MD): 50 Gy], 93 pts had external beam pelvis RT (EBPRT) [MD: 45 Gy over 5 weeks] followed by vaginal brachytherapy [MD: 20 Gy], and 11 pts had EBPRT alone [MD: 50 Gy over 6 weeks]. Group II: 246 pts received preoperative utero-vaginal brachytherapy [MD: 65 Gy], and 32 of theses 246 pts also received postoperative EBPRT [MD: 45 Gy over 5 weeks] delivered to the parametric and the pelvic lymph nodes with a midline pelvic shield. The mean follow-up was 106 months. RESULTS The 10-year disease-free survival (DFS) rate was 80%. From 75 recurrences, 35 were isolated locoregional. Multivariate analysis showed that independent factors decreasing the probability of DFS were: both exo and endocervical tumour site (p = 0.047), lymph-vascular space invasion (p = 0.041), age < or = 51 yr (p = 0.013), 1995 FIGO staging system (stage IB1 vs stage IIA, p = 0.004, stage IB1 vs stage IB2, p = 0.0009, and stage IB1 vs stage IIB with 1/3 proximal parametrical infiltration, p = 0.00002), and histological pelvic involved lymph nodes (p = 0.00009). Methods of adjuvant RT did not influence the probability of DFS (group I vs group II, p = 0.10). The postoperative complication rate was 10.2% in group I and 8.9% in group II (p = 0.7) but the postoperative urethral complication rate necessitating surgical intervention with reimplantation was lower in group I than in group II (0.6% vs 2.3%, respectively, p = 0.03). The 10-year rate for grade 3 and 4 late radiation complications according to the LENT-SOMA scoring system was 10.4%. EPRT significantly increased the 10-year rate for grade 3 and 4 late radiation complications (yes vs no: 22% vs 7%, respectively, p = 0.0002). CONCLUSION In our series, the methods of adjuvant RT (primary surgery vs preoperative uterovaginal brachytherapy) do not seem to influence the prognosis of the stage IB, IIA, and IIB (with 1/3 proximal parametrical involvement only) cervical carcinomas. The postoperative EPRT applied according to histopathological risk factors after surgical treatment increases the risk of late radiation complications.
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- Oncologie-radiothérapie, hôpital Tenon, 4 rue de la Chine, 75020 Paris, France
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Nkx2-5 regulates the transcription of muscle-specific genes during cardiomyogenesis. Nkx2-5 expression can induce cardiomyogenesis in aggregated P19 cells but not in monolayer cultures. In order to investigate the mechanism by which cellular aggregation regulates Nkx2-5 function, we examined the role of bone morphogenetic protein 4 (BMP4). We showed that the expression of the BMP inhibitor, noggin, was sufficient to inhibit the induction of cardiomyogenesis by Nkx2-5 during cellular aggregation. Furthermore, soluble BMP4 could activate Nkx2-5 function in monolayer cultures, resulting in the formation of cardiomyocytes. Therefore, BMP signaling is necessary and sufficient for the regulation of Nkx2-5 activity during cardiomyogenesis in P19 cells.
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- M Jamali
- Department of Biochemistry, Medical Sciences Building, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 5C1, Canada
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