The performance of 10 different methods for the estimation of sperm concentration

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 340-345

  Mahmoud, Ahmed M A ^b   Depoorter, Birgit ^b   Piens, Nadine ^b   Comhaire, Frank H ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Latex beads; Male infertility; Quality control; Sperm counting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE INFERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOZOON COUNT;

EID: 0030845131     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(97)81526-9     Document Type: Article

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