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  1. Content type: Review article

    Although the presence of spermatozoa with an abnormally large head is rare, it is associated with low fertility or even total infertility. We reviewed the literature on assisted reproductive technology (ART) s...

    Authors: Bruno Guthauser, Xavier Pollet-Villard, Florence Boitrelle and Francois Vialard

    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2016 26:8

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  2. Content type: Commentary

    Obesity is an increasing public health problem, with two-thirds of the adult population in many Western countries now being either overweight or obese. Male obesity is associated with late onset hypogonadism, ...

    Authors: Kelton Tremellen

    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2016 26:7

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  3. Content type: Research article

    NRD convertase, also termed Nardilysin, is a Zn++ metalloendopeptidase that specifically cleaves the N-terminus of arginine and lysine residues into dibasic moieties. Although this enzyme was found located within...

    Authors: D. Segretain, J. Gilleron, J. N. Bacro, M. Di Marco, D. Carette and G. Pointis

    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2016 26:5

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  4. Content type: Research article

    Vasectomy is currently the only long-acting contraceptive option available for men, despite increasing demand and potentially significant positive impacts on human health of additional male contraceptive optio...

    Authors: Donald Waller, David Bolick, Elaine Lissner, Christopher Premanandan and Gary Gamerman

    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2016 26:6

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  6. Content type: Research article

    Except for testicular cancer and Hodgkin’s disease, baseline data on semen quality in case of cancers as well as systemic pathologies of the young adult are scarce or based on low sample size.

    Authors: Jacques Auger, Nathalie Sermondade and Florence Eustache

    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2016 26:3

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  7. Content type: Review article

    For several decades, testosterone and its synthetic derivatives have been used with anabolic and androgenic purposes. These substances were first restricted to professional bodybuilders, but become more and mo...

    Authors: Rabih El Osta, Thierry Almont, Catherine Diligent, Nicolas Hubert, Pascal Eschwège and Jacques Hubert

    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2016 26:2

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  8. Content type: Research article

    Endothelial dysfunction and microvascular damage play a crurical role in the pathogenesis of erectile dysfunction (ED). Insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) is one of the growth factors that have a wide range ...

    Authors: Alper Otunctemur, Emin Ozbek, Suleyman Sahin, Levent Ozcan, Murat Dursun, Emre Can Polat, Mustafa Cekmen, Ozgur Doga Ozsoy, Mustafa Erkoc, Eyup Danis and Muammer Bozkurt

    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2016 26:1

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  10. Content type: Short report

    The annulus is a ring-shaped structure located beneath the plasma membrane that connects the midpiece and the principal piece of mammalian sperm flagellum. It has been suggested that the annulus acts as a morp...

    Authors: Thassadite Dirami, Baptiste Rode, Jean-Philippe Wolf, Gérard Gacon, Emmanuel Dulioust and Aminata Touré

    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2015 25:10

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  11. Content type: Research article

    Poor semen quality is one of the main causes of infertility. We have generated a set of monoclonal antibodies to human sperm and used them to investigate sperm quality. Some of these antibodies found differenc...

    Authors: Jana Capkova, Hasmik Margaryan, Alena Kubatova, Petr Novak and Jana Peknicova

    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2015 25:11

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  12. Content type: Research article

    Treatment of differentiated thyroid cancer usually consists of a total thyroidectomy followed by one or several courses of radioiodine (131I). 131I is known to have deleterious effects on radiation sensitive tiss...

    Authors: Camille Esquerré-Lamare, François Isus, Nathalie Moinard and Louis Bujan

    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2015 25:8

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  13. Content type: Research article

    To investigate the levels of testosterone, luteinizing hormone (LH), follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), and prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in prostate cancer patients before and after the switch from degarel...

    Authors: Yoshiyuki Miyazawa, Haruo Kato, Seiji Arai, Yosuke Furuya, Yoshitaka Sekine, Masashi Nomura, Hidekazu Koike, Hiroshi Matsui, Yasuhiro Shibata, Kazuto Ito and Kazuhiro Suzuki

    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2015 25:7

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  14. Content type: Research article

    To compare sperm parameters and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) outcomes for testicular spermatozoa frozen on the day of the biopsy (DO) with those frozen after 24 h of in vitro culture (D1).

    Authors: Laurent Desch, Céline Bruno, Charlène Herbemont, Frédéric Michel, Shaliha Bechoua, Sophie Girod, Paul Sagot and Patricia Fauque

    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2015 25:6

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  15. Content type: Research article

    In couples presenting with retrograde ejaculation refractory to medical treatment, the first choice of fertility treatment should be Assisted Reproductive Techniques using rapidly purified spermatozoa retrieve...

    Authors: Melanie Philippon, Gilles Karsenty, Benjamin Bernuz, Blandine Courbiere, Thierry Brue, Jacqueline Saïas-Magnan and Jeanne Perrin

    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2015 25:5

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  16. Content type: Reviewer acknowledgement

    The Editors of Basic and Clinical Andrology would like to thank all of our reviewers who have contributed to the journal in Volume 24 (2014) and whose valuable support is fundamental to its success.

    Authors: Roger Mieusset

    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2015 25:4

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  17. Content type: Research article

    To assess the cognitive and sexual/hormonal functioning of prostate cancer patients treated with a luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LH-RH) agonist, and the relationships thereof with adrenal and residual...

    Authors: Kohei Okamoto, Yositaka Sekine, Masashi Nomura, Hidekazu Koike, Hiroshi Matsui, Yasuhiro Shibata, Kazuto Ito and Kazuhiro Suzuki

    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2015 25:3

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  18. Content type: Research article

    To examine human microRNA expression in fertile men and subsequently to compare expression patterns of miRNAs in fertile and infertile men, specifically men with Sertoli Cell Only (SCO) histopathology.

    Authors: Ali A Dabaja, Anna Mielnik, Brian D Robinson, Matthew S Wosnitzer, Peter N Schlegel and Darius A Paduch

    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2015 25:2

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  19. Content type: Research article

    India is characterized by the presence of a large number of endogamous castes, tribes and religions, having second largest concentration of tribal population in the World with differed genetic ethnicity, lifes...

    Authors: Shivaprasad Holenarasipura Sathyanarayana and Suttur Srikanta Naik Malini

    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2015 25:1

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  20. Content type: Case report

    Elephantiasis of the external genitalia is characterized by lymphedema and thickening of the subcutaneous tissues. This gives the skin an appearance similar to a pachyderm skin. This pathology is invalidating ...

    Authors: Brahima Kirakoya, Barnabé Zango, Abdoul Karim Paré, Aristide Fasnéwendé Kaboré and Clotaire Yaméogo

    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2014 24:16

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  21. Content type: Research article

    Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI) is an Assisted Reproduction Technique (ART) which offers the chance to conceive to patients presenting very low sperm counts (cryptozoospermia/severe oligozoospermia). S...

    Authors: Julien Bessonnat, Sophie Brouillet, Sarah Sintzel, Pierre Gillois, Ulrike Bergues, Caroline Boutte-Busquet, Claire Thomas-Cadi and Sylviane Hennebicq

    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2014 24:15

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  22. Content type: Review article

    Phthalates provide one of the most documented example evidencing how much we must be cautious when using the traditional paradigm based on extrapolation of experimental data from rodent studies for human healt...

    Authors: René Habert, Gabriel Livera and Virginie Rouiller-Fabre

    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2014 24:14

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  25. Content type: Research article

    Male patients with chronic kidney disease often exhibit the biological and clinical hallmarks of an abnormal hypothalamo–pituitary–gonadal axis. It is known that dialysis does not reverse this impaired endocri...

    Authors: Safouane M Hamdi, Marie Walschaerts, Louis Bujan, Lionel Rostaing and Nassim Kamar

    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2014 24:11

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  27. Content type: Research article

    The value of varicocele repair and the latter's impact on semen parameters are still subject to debate.

    Authors: Julie Prasivoravong, François Marcelli, Laurent Lemaître, Pascal Pigny, Nassima Ramdane, Marie-Claire Peers, Valérie Mitchell and Jean-Marc Rigot

    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2014 24:9

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  28. Content type: Case report

    Mucopolysaccharidosis type IH (MPS IH) is a rare autosomal recessive lysosomal storage disorder. Haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) has been proposed for the treatment of MPS IH patients and offer...

    Authors: Jean-Pierre Milazzo, Amandine Bironneau, Jean-Pierre Vannier, Agnes Liard-Zmuda, Bertrand Macé and Rives Nathalie

    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2014 24:8

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  29. Content type: Short report

    Andrology is the study of male reproductive health, its associated medicines, and biology, including functions and diseases that are specific to men, especially with regard to the reproductive organs. This con...

    Authors: Khalid Al Aboud, Daifullah Al Aboud, Sameer Munshi and Ali assiry Halawi

    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2014 24:7

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  30. Content type: Review article

    Spermatozoa are the smallest and most cyto-differentiated mammalian cells. From a somatic cell-like appearance at the beginning of spermatogenesis, the male germ cell goes through a highly sophisticated proces...

    Authors: Anais Noblanc, Ayhan Kocer and Joël R Drevet

    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2014 24:6

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  31. Content type: Review article

    Mondor’s disease is a rare, self-limiting, benign process with acute presentation characterized by subcutaneous bands in several parts of the body. Penile Mondor’s disease (PMD) is thrombophlebitis of the supe...

    Authors: Hakan Öztürk

    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2014 24:5

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  33. Content type: Research article

    Genes involved in testicular differentiation, spermatogenesis, proliferation and apoptosis of germ cells have been shown to evolve rapidly and display rapid DNA changes. These genes are therefore good candidat...

    Authors: Christophe Frainais, Caroline Kannengiesser, Martine Albert, Denise Molina-Gomes, Florence Boitrelle, Marc Bailly, Bernard Grandchamp, Jacqueline Selva and François Vialard

    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2014 24:3

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  34. Content type: Reviewer acknowledgement

    The Editors of Basic and Clinical Andrology would like to thank all our reviewers who have contributed to the journal in Volume 23 (2013).

    Authors: Roger Mieusset

    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2014 24:2

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  35. Content type: Research article

    The suffering caused by infertility in a man can have multiple aspects. It can display a narcissistic dimension, an objectal dimension (object-libido) turned toward others or/and an identity dimension. Two clinic...

    Authors: Monique Jaoul, Marc Bailly, Martine Albert, Robert Wainer, Jacqueline Selva and Florence Boitrelle

    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2014 24:1

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  36. Content type: Research article

    Erectile dysfunction, ejaculatory dysfunction and poor semen quality are the main causes of infertility in men with spinal cord injury (SCI). Different sperm retrieval techniques such as penile vibratory stimu...

    Authors: Shaliha Bechoua, Yasmine Berki-Morin, Frédéric Michel, Sophie Girod, Paul Sagot and Patricia Fauque

    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2013 23:14

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  37. Content type: Research article

    Approximately 1% of the spermatozoa found in ejaculate of healthy men are aneuploid and this rate increases in the population of subfertile and infertile men. Moreover, fertilization with these aneuploid sperm...

    Authors: Guillaume Martinez, Pierre Gillois, Marine Le Mitouard, Rémy Borye, Camille Esquerré-Lamare, Véronique Satre, Louis Bujan and Sylviane Hennebicq

    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2013 23:13

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  39. Content type: Review article

    Introduced in 2001, intracytoplasmic morphologically selected sperm injection (IMSI) represents a more sophisticated way of ICSI whereby, prior to injection, the spermatozoon is selected at higher magnificatio...

    Authors: Anick De Vos, Nikolaos P Polyzos, Greta Verheyen and Herman Tournaye

    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2013 23:10

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  40. Content type: Review article

    During the haploid phase of spermatogenesis, spermatids undergo a complex remodeling of the paternal genome involving the finely orchestrated replacement of histones by the highly-basic protamines. The associa...

    Authors: Anne Gouraud, Marc-André Brazeau, Marie-Chantal Grégoire, Olivier Simard, Julien Massonneau, Mélina Arguin and Guylain Boissonneault

    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2013 23:11

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  41. Content type: Review article

    A number of human pathologies have a transmission pattern that does not obey Mendelian segregation rules. This type of heredity is defined as non-Mendelian and is based on mechanisms of transgenerational epige...

    Authors: Valérie Grandjean, Danielle A Badro and Jafar Kiani

    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2013 23:9

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  44. Content type: Research article

    Globozoospermia is a male infertility phenotype characterized by the presence in the ejaculate of near 100% acrosomeless round-headed spermatozoa with normal chromosomal content. Following intracytoplasmic spe...

    Authors: Thomas Karaouzène, Michèle El Atifi, Jean-Paul Issartel, Marianne Grepillat, Charles Coutton, Delphine Martinez, Christophe Arnoult and Pierre F Ray

    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2013 23:7

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  45. Content type: Letter to the Editor

    In spinal cord injured (SCI) patients, three main factors may cause infertility: erectile dysfunction, ejaculatory dysfunction and impaired semen quality. This letter aims to discuss how we can manage SCI pati...

    Authors: Gilles Karsenty, Benjamin Bernuz, Catherine Metzler-Guillemain, Jean-Marie Grillo, Jacqueline Saïas-Magnan, Jean-Marc Rigot and Jeanne Perrin

    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2013 23:6

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  46. Content type: Research article

    Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) is a metalloprotease with two isoforms. The somatic isoform is a key component of the renin-angiotensin system; its main function is to hydrolyse angiotensin I into angioten...

    Authors: Selima Fourati Ben Mustapha, Florence Coulet, Mélanie Eyries, Vanina De Larouziere, Celia Ravel, Isabelle Berthaut, Jean-Marie Antoine, Florent Soubrier and Jacqueline Mandelbaum

    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2013 23:4

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  47. Content type: Review article

    Motile sperm organelle morphology examination (MSOME) involves the use of differential interference contrast microscopy (also called Nomarski contrast) at high magnification (at least 6300x) to improve the obs...

    Authors: Florence Boitrelle, Bruno Guthauser, Laura Alter, Marc Bailly, Robert Wainer, François Vialard, Martine Albert and Jacqueline Selva

    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2013 23:3

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