Comparison of the sperm quality necessary for successful intrauterine insemination with World Health Organization threshold values for normal sperm

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 684-689

  Dickey, Richard P ^a,b   Pyrzak, Roman ^a   Lu, Peter Y ^a,b   Taylor, Steven N ^a   Rye, Philip H ^a  

^a Fertility Institute of New Orleans   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Insemination technique; Intrauterine insemination; Semen analysis; Sperm count; Sperm motility; Sperm preparation; World Health Organization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NORMAL VALUE; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL, HOMOLOGOUS; MALE; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0033021519     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(98)00519-6     Document Type: Article

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