Comments on the release of the 5th edition of the WHO Laboratory Manual for the Examination and Processing of Human Semen

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 59-63

  Ford, W C L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Male infertility; Oxidative stress; Predictive value of tests; Sperm count

Indexed keywords

REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

CELL FUNCTION; CONTRACEPTION; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEOMICS; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY;

HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MANUALS AS TOPIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 76349094705     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/aja.2008.57     Document Type: Review

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