New WHO-reference limitsrevolution or storm in a teapot?

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 208-211

  Haidl, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

individualized medicine; male fertility; new WHO manual; semen analysis; sperm function tests; sperm proteomics

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ANDROLOGY; DNA DETERMINATION; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SUBFERTILITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MANUALS AS TOPIC; REFERENCE VALUES; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM MOTILITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 79952400254     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/aja.2010.156     Document Type: Review

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