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Chapter 4 - Mechanisms of Male Contraception

from Section 1 - Scientific Basis of Contraception and Family Planning

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2022

By
Mythili Ramalingam
Edited by
Johannes Bitzer  and
Tahir A. Mahmood
Johannes Bitzer
Affiliation:
University Women’s Hospital, Basel
Tahir A. Mahmood
Affiliation:
Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy
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Summary

The different levels of interaction between speramtogenesis and hormonal contraceptive methods are described

Keywords

Hormonal regulation of spermatogenesislevels of interaction with hormonal contraception
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Handbook of Contraception and Sexual Reproductive Healthcare , pp. 22 - 26
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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Swerdloff, RS, Campfield, RA, Palacios, A, McClure, RD: Suppression of human spermatogenesis by depot androgen: potential for male contraception, J Steroid Biochem, 1979 Jul;11(1B):663-70.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
McLachlan, RI, McDonald, J, Rushford, D, et al: Efficacy and acceptability of testosterone implants, alone or in combination with a 5alpha-reductase inhibitor, for male hormonal contraception, Contraception, 2000 Aug;62(2):73–8.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Nieschlag, E, Zitzmann, M, Kamischke, A: Use of progestins in male contraception, Steroids, 2003 Nov;68(10–13):965–72.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Liu, PY, Swerdloff, RS, Anawalt, BD, Anderson, RA: Determinants of the rate and extent of spermatogenic suppression during hormonal male contraception: an integrated analysis, Clin Endocrinol Metab, 2008 May;93(5):1774–83.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Wang, C, corresponding author Festin, MPR, and Swerdloff, RS: Male hormonal contraception: where are we now? Curr Obstet Gynecol Rep. 2016; 5: 38–47.Google Scholar

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