Relationship of bacteriological characteristics to semen indices and its influence on fertilization and pregnancy rates after IVF

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 76, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 964-968

  Bussen, Stefanie ^a   Zimmermann, Martin ^a   Schleyer, Manfred ^b   Steck, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b Frauenklinik Dr W Krüsmann   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacteriospermia; In vitro fertilization; Male infertility; Urogenital infection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; OOCYTE; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SKIN FLORA; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

EID: 0030727099     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016349709034910     Document Type: Article

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