Correlation between semen parameters and the hamster egg penetration test (HEPT) among fertile and subfertile men in Singapore

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 158-163

  Ho, Lee Mee ^a   Lim, Alvin Soon Tiong ^a   Lim, Tse Hui ^a   Hum, Siew Chen ^a   Yu, Su Ling ^a   Kruger, Theunis Frans ^b  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Normal motile count; Semen analysis; Sperm; Sperm function assay; Sperm morphology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERTILITY; HAMSTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SINGAPORE; SPERM; SPERM DONOR; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SUBFERTILITY;

ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEMEN; SINGAPORE; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS;

EID: 33845988036     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.106.000521     Document Type: Article

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