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U Bellati

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[Alcoholism and pregnancy].

The T-ACE test, introduced by Sokol, is currently used in the screening of the pregnant women at risk for alcohol abuse. In this study, this test has been applied to a group of 150 pregnant women to verify the congruity of the methodology used, sensitivity and specificity of the test. According to the answers given by the patients in the preliminary interview, 9 patients (6%) proved at risk for alcohol abuse. At the subsequent, control, interview, the answers given were all in agreement with the data obtained with the T-ACE test. The results obtained confirmed the high sensitivity and specificity of this method. Even though the comprehension of the utilized verbalization was excellent, nevertheless the test, applied to patients of a different culture in comparison with that studied by Sokol, cannot be applied in its original form, but must be diluted within a group of questions.

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The effect of follicle-stimulating hormone therapy on sperm quality: an ultrastructural mathematical evaluation.

We investigated the effect of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) administration on the ultrastructure of spermatozoa in order to evaluate the potential of FSH therapy for improving sperm quality. Forty-six patients exhibiting idiopathic oligoasthenoterato-zoospermia who attended the intrauterine insemination (IU), in vitro fertilization (IVF), or intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) program at our clinic received FSH in daily dosages of 150 IU over a period of 12 weeks. Using transmission electron microscopy, the ultrastructural analysis of spermatozoa was performed prior to the start of FSH therapy, after the treatment had been finished, and 6 weeks posttherapy. Applying a mathematical formula based on submicroscopic characteristics, we calculated the number of morphologically normal spermatozoa. After the FSH treatment, the examined subcellular organelles achieved a higher percentage of integrity. Follicle-stimulating hormone treatment leads to a higher number of morphologically normal spermatozoa. The electron microscopic findings indicate that treatment with pure FSH may be an effective way to improve sperm quality in cases with oligoasthenoterato-zoospermia. Applying the mathematical analysis based on the whole complex of the selected sperm characteristics, we obtained a way to evaluate the success of therapy for the first time.

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