A survey on the status of semen analysis in 118 laboratories in China

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 104-110

  Lu, Jin Chun ^a   Zhang, Hong Ye ^b   Hu, Yu An ^c   Huang, Yu Feng ^c   Lü, Nian Qing ^d  

^a Department of Laboratory Science   (China)

^b NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Jiangsu Family Planning Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Laboratory; Quality control; Questionnaire; Semen analysis; Standardization

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; ENDOMETRIUM ANTIBODY; FRUCTOSE; OVARIAN ANTIBODY; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY; SPERM ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC; ZONA PELLUCIDA ANTIBODY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CHINA; COMPUTER ASSISTED SEMEN ANALYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE; LIQUEFACTION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STAINING; STANDARDIZATION;

CELL SURVIVAL; CHINA; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 76349117257     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/aja.2008.41     Document Type: Article

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