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| Moraes,A.J.P.; Pereira,R.M.R.; Cocuzza,M.; Casemiro,R.; Saito,O.; Silva,C.A.A.. |
| The objective of the present study was to identify sperm abnormalities in young male patients with juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM). In 2005, 18 male JDM patients, diagnosed according to the criteria of Bohan and Peter, were followed at the Pediatric Rheumatology Unit and Rheumatology Division, of our Institution. Of the 18 males, 11 were pre-pubertal and 7 were post-pubertal. Two of 7 post-pubertal JDM male patients were excluded: one for orchidopexy for cryptorchidism and the other for testicular ectopia in the left testis. The remaining 5 post-pubertal JDM patients were prospectively evaluated on the basis of two semen analyses, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), urologic evaluation, testicular Doppler ultrasound hormone profile. The data... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Juvenile dermatomyositis; Gonad; Sperm; Hormone; Male post-puberty; Idiopathic inflammatory myopathy. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2008001200016 |
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