Talk:Azoospermia

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The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that azoospermia affects about 1% of the male population?

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how

how long is semen alive when its been ejaculated.

It depends on the location. In the vagina, sperm cells may last as long as a couple of days. They may die within hours elsewhere. WhatamIdoing (talk) 22:43, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The acidic environment of the vagina will kill sperm very quickly, however, in cervical mucus sperm can survive for several days. Lots of cervical mucus is produced at the time of ovulation and may act as a reservoir for sperm.Ekem (talk) 03:56, 18 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Definition appears completely wrong!

According this and numerous other similar websites azoospermia is the absence of sperm cells for whatever reason. This definition appears to be oligospermia. JRPG (talk) 22:18, 5 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Have edited to reflect absence of sperm and added a reliable source. Thanks. — soupvector (talk) 03:31, 6 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Request review

We have made significant progress on this article. Currently it is listed as start class, I am requesting an upgrade via a nomination (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Good_article_nominations#Biology_and_medicine) Full Decent (talk) 06:50, 13 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Genetic causes / inv(2)(p11.2q13)

Here is good (N=many) and bad (N=1) research and anecdotes relating inv(2)(p11.2q13) to azoospermia. Some documented fertility outcomes for pt. with this inversion. Note: Older studies don't identify subbands, so also search for inv(2)(p11q13).

Ferfouri F, Clement P, Gomes DM, et al. Is classic pericentric inversion of chromosome 2 inv(2)(p11q13) associated with an increased risk of unbalanced chromosomes?. Fertil Steril. 2009;92(4):1497.e1-4.
1. http://www.fertstert.org/article/S0015-0282(09)01420-4/fulltext
2. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19665704
3. N=12 Subjects with inv(2)(p11q13) did not have have unbalanced chromosomal offspring
Dul EC, Van echten-arends J, Groen H, Dijkhuizen T, Land JA, Van ravenswaaij-arts CM. Chromosomal abnormalities in azoospermic and non-azoospermic infertile men: numbers needed to be screened to prevent adverse pregnancy outcomes. Hum Reprod. 2012;27(9):2850-6.
1. http://humrep.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2012/06/27/humrep.des222.full.pdf
2. N=1 Oligozoospermic male with inv(2)(p11.2q13) had no congenial abnormality
Phillips, R. (2017). Pericentric inversions inv(2)(p11q13) and inv(2)(p13q11) in 2 unrelated families.. Retrieved 18 March 2017
1. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1013737/?page=2
2. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1013737/pdf/jmedgene00300-0060.pdf
3. N=1 One female with inv(2)(p11q13) had miscarriages
Ferfouri F, Clement P, Gomes DM, et al. Is classic pericentric inversion of chromosome 2 inv(2)(p11q13) associated with an increased risk of unbalanced chromosomes?. Fertil Steril. 2009;92(4):1497.e1-4.
1. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0015028209014204
2. N=1 Heterozygous men with inv(2)(p11q13) did not have miscarriages
Sciurano, R. (2006). An azoospermic man with a double-strand DNA break-processing deficiency in the spermatocyte nuclei: Case report. Human Reproduction, 21(5), 1194-1203.
1. https://humrep.oxfordjournals.org/content/21/5/1194.full
2. N=1 Male with inv(2)(p11q13) and normal/high FSH found no testicular sperm after biopsy

Maybe this will help somebody starting an academic publication, or it could be included in a new Wikipedia article or just be a list in the present article under the genetic section.

Full Decent (talk) 07:01, 13 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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