Reduced fertilization rates in older men when cervical mucus is suboptimal

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 788-793

  Dunson, David B ^a   Bigelow, Jamie L ^b   Colombo, Bernardo ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL BODY TEMPERATURE; BIRTH CONTROL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SECRETIONS; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION; SUBFERTILITY; SURVIVAL; TIME PERCEPTION; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS;

ADULT; AGING; CERVIX MUCUS; COITUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERM MOTILITY;

EID: 15944391344     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000154155.20366.ee     Document Type: Article

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