Males with subnormal hypo-osmotic swelling test scores have lower pregnancy rates than those with normal scores when ovulation induction and timed intercourse is used as a treatment for mild problems with sperm count, motility, or morphology

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 781-783

  Tartagni, Massimo ^a   Cicinelli, Ettore ^a   Schonauer, Matteo Maria ^a   Causio, Franco ^a   Petruzzelli, Filomena ^a   Loverro, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hypo osmotic swelling test; Male infertility; Timed vaginal intercourse

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOOSMOTIC SWELLING TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SUBFERTILITY;

EID: 4143152950     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1939-4640.2004.tb02856.x     Document Type: Article

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