Jahangir Sultan, Shafqat Husnain Khan, Fatima Rashid.
Infertile men; a comparative study of trace elements in serum and seminal plasma in an industrial area of Lahore, Punjab.
Professional Med J Jan ;23(03):274-8.

The objective of this study was to compare the level of trace elements Zinc, Cadmium and lead in seminal plasma and serum of infertile men to the fertile ones. Period: June 2014 to August 2015. Setting: Pathology Department of Continental Medical Lahore, attached with Ch. Rehmat Ali Memorial Trust teaching Hospital Methods: A total of 400 samples of workers working in different factories for a period of 5 or more years were collected. Out of theses 80 were azoospermic. The relationship of trace elements in serum and seminal plasma of infertile men was compared with the normospermic individual controls. Results: The concentration of trace elements Pb and Cd was higher in seminal plasma and serum of infertile individuals while Zn level was lower. So it is suggested that high levels

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