Single vs. multiple semen specimens in screening for male infertility factors: A comparison

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 313-315

  Opsahl, Michael S ^a,b   Dixon, Nancy G ^a   Robins, Edwin R ^a   Cunningham, Dean S ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GENETICS AND IVF INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

infertility, male; semen

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SAMPLING; SCREENING TEST; SEMEN ANALYSIS;

FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEMEN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPERMATOZOA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0029894492     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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