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The Role of Hormones in Fertility
There is a critical period during early fetal development when testes start to produce testosterone, the male sex hormone. That brings about the masculinization of the body otherwise it would develop as a female. If this process appears or maybe going wrong, then it results in a cascade of changes which can increase the risk of having one or more male reproductive disorders later in life. potentially sperm count reduced fertility in adulthood.
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