• PMID: 2619414
• Gene Name: PRL
• Condition: Poor sperm motility
• Association: Associated
• Population size: 98
• Population details: 98 (6 men with hypoprolactinemia, 92 men attending an infertility clinic)
• Sex: Male
• Infertility type: Male infertility
• Associated genes: PRL
• Other associated phenotypes: Poor sperm motility

Hypoprolactinemia as related to seminal quality and serum testosterone

Gonzales GF, Velasquez G, Garcia-Hjarles M.

Semen quality and serum testosterone were studied in six men with hypoprolactinemia (less than or equal to 6 ng/ml) and in normoprolactinemic controls. The incidence of hypoprolactinemia in 92 men attending an infertility clinic was 7.5%. Males with hypoprolactinemia showed in high percentage of disorders (oligozoospermia, 50%; asthenospermia, 75%; hypofunction of seminal vesicles, 67%; and hypoandrogenism, 67%). Hypoprolactinemia is a clinical disorder associated mainly with poor sperm motility. FAU - Gonzales, G F AU - Gonzales GF AD - Instituto de Investigaciones de la Altura, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru. FAU - Velasquez, G AU - Velasquez G