Determination of laboratory specific percent normal sperm morphology value based on prevasectomy ('Fertile') ejaculates

Archives of Andrology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 131-134

  Babbo, C J ^a   Hecht, B R ^a   Jeyendran, R S ^b  

^a AULTMAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Andrology Laboratory Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Fertile; Human; Morphology; Normal; Prevasectomy; Sperm

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EJACULATION; HUMAN; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; VASECTOMY;

EJACULATION; FERTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; VASECTOMY;

EID: 79961197747     PISSN: 01485016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014850199262634     Document Type: Article

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