%0 Journal Article
%T Tratamiento con ¨¢cido f¨®lico y zinc en hombres subf¨¦rtiles: Servicio de Fertilidad. Maternidad "Concepci¨®n Palacios"
%A Rodr¨ªguez
%A Sheila
%A Giustiniano
%A Belvian
%A Abache
%A Enrique
%A Hurtado
%A F¨¦lix
%J Revista de Obstetricia y Ginecolog¨ªa de Venezuela
%D 2008
%I Sociedad de Obstetricia y Ginecolog¨ªa de Venezuela
%X objective: to study the efect of folic acid and zinc based treatment in the sub-fertile patients, with diagnose of asthenozospermia, oligozoospermia y/o teratozoospermia. method: prospective and descriptive study. it was administered a treatment with folic acid (5 mg) and zinc (50 mg) on a daily basis, for a period of 90 days, to patients diagnosed with sperm£¿s overall movement, concentration and/or morphology alterations. setting: fertilty service. maternidad concepcion palacios. caracas. results: alter 90 days of treatment, the overall movement increased from 44.37 % to 55.2 % (p= 0,002). the normal form sperm went from 54.1 % to 55.46 % (p= 0,001). the abnormal form sperms diminished from 44.29 % to 44.25 % (p= 0,001). conclusion: the treatment with folic acid and zinc significantly improves the overall movement and morphology of sperm on the sub-fertile male patient.
%K folic acid
%K zinc
%K asthenozoospermia
%K oligozoospermia
%K teratozoospermia
%K male infertility.
%U http://www.scielo.org.ve/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0048-77322008000300007&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en