The use of semen parameters to identify the subfertile male in the general population

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 86-91

  Van Der Merwe, F H ^a   Kruger, T F ^a   Oehninger, S C ^c   Lombard, C J ^b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

In vivo fertilization; Semen analysis; Sperm morphology; Structured literature review, semen parameters; Tygerberg strict criteria, sperm morphology

Indexed keywords

CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; MORPHOLOGY; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SUBFERTILITY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPERM;

FERTILITY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; SEMEN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPERM MOTILITY;

EID: 18944369838     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000082368     Document Type: Review

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