Sperm morphology training and quality control programs are essential for clinically relevant results

Male Infertility: Diagnosis and Treatment

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 181-186

  Franken, Daniel R ^b   Kruger, Thinus F ^a  

^a Tygerberg Hospital ^*

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

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