Male fertility: review of the publications of January ― March 2020

• Main Author: D. S. Rogozin
• Format: Article
• Language: Russian
• Published: State Budget Educational Institute of Higher Professional Education, Rostov State Medical University, Ministry Health of Russian Federation 2020-07-01
• Series: Vestnik Urologii
• Subjects: antioxidants; assisted reproductive technologies; intracytoplasmic injection of morphologically selected sperm; male infertility; kleinfelter’s syndrome; sperm dna fragmentation
• Online Access: https://www.urovest.ru/jour/article/view/334

The article provides an overview of the most influential papers on the topic of “male infertility”. The selection criteria were the practical significance of the article and the impact factor of the journal in which it was published, according to SCImago Journal Rank (SJR). As a result, we created the list of 10 papers published in the I quarter (January – March) of 2020. The review included articles on the following issues: the effectiveness and safety of antioxidants, zinc and folic acid in the treatment of male infertility; the effect of obesity on sperm DNA-fragmentation; the possibility of obtaining of spermatogonia in children and adolescents with Kleinfelter syndrome; comparison of intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) and intracytoplasmic morphologically selected spermatozoa injection (IMSI); the reaction of the female reproductive system to the seminal fluid; viral profile in seminal fluid of men receiving the antiretroviral therapy, the effect of sleep duration on fertility and the risk of diabetes mellitus in children, conceived using assisted reproductive technologies.