Semen analysis: Its place in modern reproductive medical practice

Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-33

  McLachlan, Robert I ^d   Baker, H W Gordon ^a   Clarke, Gary N ^d   Harrison, Keith L ^d   Matson, Phillip L ^d   Holden, Carol A ^b   De Kretser, David M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Human; Infertility; Male; Quality control; Semen; Sperm count; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFERTILITY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORPHOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE PROCEDURES; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; UTERINE CERVIX MUCOSA;

EID: 0037301049     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0031302021000062280     Document Type: Article

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