National semen analysis reference range reporting: Adherence to the 1999 World Health Organization guidelines 10 years later

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2320-2323

  Penn, Heidi A ^a   Windsperger, Andrew ^a   Smith, Zachary ^a   Parekattil, Sijo J ^b   Kuang, Wayne W ^c   Kolettis, Peter N ^d   Nangia, Ajay K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Andrology; male infertility; quality assurance; semen analysis; sperm

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LABORATORY; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 79956339348     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.03.004     Document Type: Article

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