Comparison of two methods for the measurement of sperm concentration

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 591-594

  Sokol, Rebecca Z ^a   Shulman, Paula ^a   Paulson, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemocytometer; MicroCell; Semen analysis; Sperm concentration

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMETRY; DEVICE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT;

CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSPHERES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOZOA; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0033965818     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(99)00590-7     Document Type: Article

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