Androgen Action----receptor & co-regulators
Reproductive Infections----STD’s, HIV
Male Reproductive Health----adolescents, infertility, impotence, environmental toxicology
Hormone Use, Misuse and Abuse----androgens, growth hormone
Male Sexual Dysfunction
Germ and Stem Cell Engineering/Technology
Spermatogenesis---morphology, hormonal regulation and genetics
Epididymis and Sperm Maturation
Androgen Replacement Therapy
Male Aging
Evidence-based Traditional and Herbal Medicine
Male Contraception
Male Infertility----Rational and Empirical Therapy (IVF/ICSI)
Neuroendocrine Regulation of Male Reproductive Function
Cardiovascular Disease and Male Aging
Frailty, Falls & Fractures----Muscle and Bone Function in Aging Men
Prostate Cancer Epidemiology
Ethnic and Genetic Population Variability in Male Reproductive Health

Deadline for Submission:  July 20, 2002 

Participants who would like to make a presentation at the Forum must submit an expanded abstract for consideration by the Scientific and Programme Committees. The Committees will determine whether the abstract will be accepted as an oral or poster presentation. 

The abstracts will be published in the Asian Journal of Andrology (the official publication of Asian Society of Andrology, covered by BIOSIS, CA, Current Contents/Clinical Medicine, Index Medicus, MEDLINE, PASCAL, Research Alert, SCI-Expanded). Only the abstracts of registered authors will be included in the programme and the Journal.  

For invited speakers, the full paper of less than 4 printed pages will be published.

All presentations must be original work. The submission of abstracts means that the authors automatically agree to assign exclusive copyright to the Asian Journal of Andrology once the abstract is accepted for publication.

Abstracts must be written in English and in structured form (<250 words) consisting of Aim, Methods, Results (with main data) and Conclusion. Abstracts must be informative rather than indicative. Emphasize the new and important aspects.

All abbreviations or acronyms must be defined at the first appearance. 

Presenting authors whose abstracts are accepted for presentation must have their names underlined in abstracts and pay the registration fee before 20 August 2002.

Abstracts must be printed on the Abstract Form provided. The text should be in New Roman Font, 11 point.  An electronic file of the abstracts should be provided by e-mail or diskette.  

 Effect of testicular capsulotomy on lipid droplets in the seminiferous tubules of rats

 Da-Nian QIN¹, Mary A. Lung^2
1Department of Physiology, Shantou University School of Medicine, Shantou 515031, China
²Department of Physiology, The University of Hong Kong, HK, China

 Aim:  In order to reveal the histochemical alteration that might occur during the process of  spermatogenic disruption induced by testicular capsulotomy, the location and alteration of lipid droplets in the seminiferous tubules were observed. Methods: Osmium tetroxide was used to demonstrate the lipid droplets in the seminiferous tubules of capsulotomized and sham-operated rat testes. Results: In the seminiferous tubules of the sham-operated testes, many small lipid droplets were located close to the basement membrane. But in the capsulotomized testes, the lipid droplets were increased in size and number with many migrated towards the lumen. Conclusion: A progressive fatty degeneration occurred in the seminiferous tubules after testicular capsulotomy.

Abstracts may be submitted in one of the following ways:
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3. By airmail (to Editorial Department, Asian Journal of Andrology, 294 Taiyuan Road, Shanghai 200031, China)  

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