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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2004
Susan Benoff, Riverdale, NY (US);
Ian R. Hurley, Riverdale, NY (US);
Robert G. Pergolizzi, New Milford, NJ (US);
Leslie Goodwin, Hicksville, NY (US);
Susan Benoff, Riverdale, NY (US);
Ian R. Hurley, Riverdale, NY (US);
Robert G. Pergolizzi, New Milford, NJ (US);
Leslie Goodwin, Hicksville, NY (US);
The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a method for predicting whether a patient having varicocele-associated infertility will have an increase in sperm in the ejaculate after varicocele repair surgery. In the method of the present invention, the present or absence of undelete forms of exonsandthe patient's L-VDCC α1c transcript is detected. The presence of undeleted forms of the exons indicates that varicocele repair surgery will result in increased ejaculate, and the absence of undeleted forms of the exons indicates that varicocele repair surgery will not result in increased ejaculate.