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| Year : 2008 | Volume
: 40
| Issue : 6 | Page : 276-277 |
Infertility improved by etanercept in ankylosing spondylitis
Aylin Rezvani, Nihal Ozaras
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department, Vakif Gureba Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Correspondence Address:
Nihal Ozaras
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department, Vakif Gureba Training Hospital, Istanbul
Turkey
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DOI: 10.4103/0253-7613.45155
The effect of TNF-α and TNF-α antagonists on semen quality in men is controversial. TNF-α levels are usually low in seminal plasma, but they tend to increase in inflammatory and infectious diseases. Etanercept is a highly-specific antagonist of TNF-α. In this report, we describe the development of pregnancy in a couple with a previously infertile husband, who received etanercept for ankylosing spondylitis.
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