Abstract
Possible relationship between in utero diethylstilbestrol exposure and male fertility, American journal of obstetrics and gynecology, NCBI PubMed PMID: 7234914, 1981 May.
Seventeen men who were exposed in utero to diethylstilbestrol (DES), 12 non-DES-exposed volunteers, and 11 fertile control subjects were evaluated by physical examination, seminal fluid analysis, and sperm penetration assay (SPA).
- Fourteen of the 17 male subjects exposed to DES in utero and two of the 12 non-DES-exposed volunteers had SPAs of less than 14% and qualified as infertile by the criteria of this test.
- All 11 fertile control subjects had demonstrated SPA values in the fertile range.
- Thirteen of the 17 DES-exposed male subjects, four of the 12 non-DES-exposed volunteers, and four of the 11 fertile control subjects demonstrated at least one abnormality of the reproductive organs.
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