Abstract
Male infertility is a neglected reproductive health problem, yet it contributes to at least half of all cases of subfertility worldwide (P. Chan 2007; Kim 2001). Male infertility is often idiopathic, or of unknown cause; hence, it is recalcitrant to prevention and is among the most difficult forms of infertility to treat (Carrell et al. 2006; Devroey et al. 1998; Irvine 1998; Kamischke and Nieschlag 1998). So-called male factors in infertility include low sperm count (oligospermia), poor sperm motility (asthenospermia), defects of sperm morphology (teratozoospermia), and total absence of sperm in the ejaculate (azoospermia), the latter sometimes due to infection-induced obstructions of the epididymis.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Chronic Conditions, Fluid States |
| Subtitle of host publication | Chronicity and the Anthropology of Illness |
| Publisher | Rutgers University Press |
| Pages | 77-95 |
| Number of pages | 19 |
| Volume | 9780813549736 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780813549736 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780813547466 |
| State | Published - 2010 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:Copyright © 2010 by Rutgers, The State University. All rights reserved.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Social Sciences
