The role of inhibin B in the regulation of spermatogenesis and its clinical significance in male infertility

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The article contains a review of domestic and foreign literature on the assessment of the clinical significance of inhibin B in the male factor infertility. Modern scientific evidence is given that inhibin B plays an important role in the regulation of spermatogenesis and can be an independent predictor of early violations of spermatogenesis, damage to the spermatogenic epithelium, as well as an important indicator in the identification of disorders of spermatogenesis.

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Nikolaj P. Lihonosov

Academician I.P. Pavlov First St. Petersburg State Medical University Doctor of Medical Science, Associate Professor, Department of Faculty Therapy with a Course of Endocrinology, Cardiology and Functional Diagnostics named after G.F. Lang with the Clinic

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Email: likhonosov.pn@gmail.com

Postgraduate Student, Department of Faculty Therapy with a Course of Endocrinology, Cardiology and Functional Diagnostics named after G.F. Lang with the Clinic

Russian Federation, Saint-Petersburg

Abdul H. Ajub

Academician I.P. Pavlov First St. Petersburg State Medical University 

Email: hammad.315@yandex.ru

Clinical Resident. Department of Urology

Russian Federation, Saint-Petersburg

Alina Ju. Babenko

Academician I.P. Pavlov First St. Petersburg State Medical University; "Almazov National Medical Research Centre" of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation

Email: alina_babenko@mail.ru

Doctor of Medical Science, Associate Professor, Department of Faculty Therapy with a Course of Endocrinology, Cardiology and Functional Diagnostics named after G.F. Lang with the Clinic

Russian Federation, Saint-Petersburg

Sergey Yu. Borovets

Academician I.P. Pavlov First St. Petersburg State Medical University 

Email: sborovets@mail.ru

Doctor of Medical Science, Professor of Urology Department

Russian Federation, Saint-Petersburg

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