Relationship between semen parameters and spontaneous pregnancy

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 624-630

  Sripada, Sreebala ^a   Townend, John ^b   Campbell, Doris ^c   Murdoch, Linda ^a   Mathers, Eileen ^a   Bhattacharya, Siladitya ^c  

^a ABERDEEN MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

semen analysis; Semen parameters; spontaneous pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CELL STRUCTURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTHENOGENESIS; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM MORPHOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; ROC CURVE; SCOTLAND; SEMEN; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY;

EID: 77953703602     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.02.085     Document Type: Article

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