Performance of the sperm quality analyser in predicting the outcome of assisted reproduction

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 41-46

  Mahmoud, A M A ^a,d   Gordts, S ^b   Vereecken, A ^c   Serneels, A ^d   Campo, R ^a   Rombautsf, L ^b   Comhaire, F H ^c  

^a University Hospital   (Egypt)

^b LIFE   (Belgium)

^c Laboratory for Clinical Pathology (Labo Lokeren Campus RIATOL)   (Belgium)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction; Human infertility; Semen quality; Sperm motility index; Sperm quality analyser

Indexed keywords

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OOCYTE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SUBFERTILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031799824     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2605.1998.00090.x     Document Type: Review

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