A Novel Microfluidic Device for Male Subfertility Screening

Journal of Urology

Volumn 175, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2223-2227

  McCormack, Matthew C ^a   McCallum, Stewart ^a   Behr, Barry ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

infertility; male; mass screening; microfluidic analytical techniques; sperm; testis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, UROLOGICAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; SPERM MOTILITY;

EID: 33646374910     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(06)00276-X     Document Type: Article

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