Use of follicle-stimulating hormone for the male partner of idiopathic infertile couples in Italy: Results from a multicentre, observational, clinical practice survey.
Daniele SantiSara De VincentisPatrizia AlfanoGiancarlo BalerciaAldo Eugenio CalogeroFrancesco CargneluttiMaria Elisabetta CocciaRosita A CondorelliAlessandro Dal LagoCristina de AngelisMariagrazia GalloNicola IannantuoniFrancesco LombardoAngelo MarinoMarco MazzellaFrancesco PallottiDonatella PaoliRosario PivonelloRocco RagoMariarita RampiniGianmaria SalvioManuela SimoniPublished in: Andrology (2020)
This first nation-wide survey reveals a FSH prescription rate of 55% in patients qualifying for treatment according to AIFA. Although the study was not designed to highlight FSH efficacy in male infertility, a slight increase in semen parameters was demonstrated in about half of the treated men without adverse events.
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