Seasonal variations in pre- and post-thaw donor sperm quality

Human Reproduction

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 880-885

  Yogev, L ^a   Kleiman, S ^a   Shabtai, E ^b   Botchan, A ^a   Gamzu, R ^a   Paz, G ^a   Yavetz, H ^a   Hauser, R ^a  

^a LIS MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Donor sperm; Season; Sperm bank

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EJACULATION; FREEZING; HUMAN; MALE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM DONOR; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPRING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUMMER; THAWING; WINTER;

EID: 1842427871     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deh165     Document Type: Article

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