CORRELATION BETWEEN GAMMA-SEMINOPROTEIN IN SEMINAL PLASMA AND EJACULATE PARAMETERS

Gamma seminoprotein (G-SM) levels in seminal plasma were determined in 62 ejaculates using an enzymeimmunoassay. There was no statistical significant difference in G-SM between men with normozoospermia (n = 14), asthenozoospermia (n = 17), OAT-syndrome (n = 18) and azoospermia (n = 13). Also there was no correlation of G-SM levels in those samples with normal (n = 14) or pathological (n = 35) motility and normal (n = 17) or pathological (n = 32) swelling test. Ejaculates with high viscosity (n = 12) showed similar G-SM levels than those with normal (n = 50) viscosity. According to these results seminal G-SM levels does not appear to provide an useful marker for evaluation of male fertility.