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Reversible sperm changes in an abstinent alcoholic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2014

Balaraju B Katta ,
Neelum Taneja  and
D Mohan
Balaraju B Katta
Affiliation:
St. Patrick's Hospital, Castlerea, Co. Roscommon. Formerly Senior Resident, Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Healthand Neurosciences, Bangalore
Neelum Taneja
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
D Mohan
Affiliation:
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
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Abstract

Alcohol is a reproductive toxin in animals but little is known about its effects on the production of semen in humans. Nothing is known about the reversibility of any changes. The authors here present a case of alcohol dependence with abnormal semen parameters which improved after two months total abstinence.

Keywords

AlcoholismAbstinenceSpermSemenReproductive System
Type
Clinical and Brief Reports
Information
Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine , Volume 7 , Issue 1 , March 1990 , pp. 38
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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