Peculiarities of semen coagulation and liquefaction in males from infertile couples

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 256-259

  Mikhailichenko, Vladimir V ^a   Esipov, Andrey S ^b,c  

^a NORTH WESTERN STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY NAMED AFTER I I MECHNIKOV   (Russian Federation)

^b D O OTT RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF OBSTETRICS   (Russian Federation)

^c ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; AZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; EJACULATION; ELECTROSEMENGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIQUEFACTION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; VISCOMETRY;

ADULT; EJACULATION; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEMEN; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VISCOSITY;

EID: 22244433912     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.11.086     Document Type: Article

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