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Re: Low testosterone question

From: Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 22 Oct 1999 13:48:51 -0500 (CDT)

At Fri, 22 Oct 1999, Suzanne wrote: >
>I have befriended a Kosovar refugee woman who has primary infertility. She
>is in the process of trying to figure out why she has never been pregnant
>in 15 years of marriage (she's only 34). When they checked her hormone
>levels, it came back normal except for her testosterone level, which was
>very low. Can this affect fertility?
>
>Thanks,
>

It shouldn't. Testosterone is not normally even drawn in the workup. There may be normal hormones but has the sperm count been checked, a post coital test and a hysterogram been done? 

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Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. FACOG, FACS
Great Neck, New York


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