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The frequency of reported sexual contacts and levels of plasma testosterone were determined in 67 normospermic men, 55 men with a varicocele, 91 men with a noneunuchoid variant of Klinefelter's syndrome, and 41 men with chromatin-positive eunuchoidism. All subjects were evaluated as part of a sterility work-up. Although average values of circulating testosterone were significantly higher in the control group than in the three groups with a pathological somatosexual condition, differences in reported coital activity were not significant. Under favorable conditions of social environment, an adequate coital activity can take place even in men with “eunuchoid” testosterone values around 3 ng/ml of plasma. The decisive factor seems to be the adequate responsivity of peripheral tissues to the effect of testosterone.
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Raboch, J., Stárka, L. Reported coital activity of men and levels of plasma testosterone. Arch Sex Behav 2, 309–315 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01541004
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