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β-Endorphin in normozoospermic and pathologic human semen

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β-Endorphin was estimated in normozoospermic, oligozoospermic and azoospermic human semen. The mean amount in normozoospermic specimens was 278.6±43.6 (SE) pg/ml while in the others only 191.1±25 pg/ml. Both values are significantly higher than those present in the blood.

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  1. The Male Fertility Laboratory and the Endocrinological Laboratory, Beilinson Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel

    R. Singer, S. Bruchis, M. Barnet, M. Sagiv, H. Kaufman & C. Servadio

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Singer, R., Bruchis, S., Barnet, M. et al. β-Endorphin in normozoospermic and pathologic human semen. Experientia 41, 64–65 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02005876

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