Semen analysis is the cornerstone of investigation for male infertility

Practitioner

Volumn 251, Issue 1690, 2007, Pages 8-17

  Barratt, Christopher L R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; STANDARD;

HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SEMEN; SPERM COUNT;

EID: 33846683634     PISSN: 00326518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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