Prediction of spontaneous conception based on semen parameters

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 499-507

  Jedrzejczak, Piotr ^a   Taszarek Hauke, Grazyna ^a   Hauke, Jan ^b   Pawelczyk, Leszek ^a   Duleba, Antoni J ^c  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Andrology; Male infertility; Pregnancy; Semen analysis

Indexed keywords

ACROSOME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORPHOLOGY; OSMOSIS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SUBFERTILITY;

ACROSOME REACTION; ADULT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROC CURVE; SEMEN;

EID: 51349158720     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: 13652605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2007.00799.x     Document Type: Article

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