Constant decline in sperm concentration in infertile males in an urban population: Experience over 18 years

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1657-1661

  Lackner, Jakob ^a   Schatzl, Georg ^a   Waldhör, Thomas ^a   Resch, Katharina ^a   Kratzik, Christian ^a   Marberger, Michael ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Infertility; Semen quality; Sperm decline

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANDROLOGY; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EJACULATION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PH MEASUREMENT; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUSTRIA; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INFERTILITY, MALE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 28944438183     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.05.049     Document Type: Article

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