Severity of oligo-asteno-teratozoospermia no longer determines overall success rate in male subfertility

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 34, Issue 6 PART 1, 2011, Pages 614-623

  Brandes, M ^a   Hamilton, C J C M ^a   van der Steen, J O M ^a   de Bruin, J P ^a   Bots, R S G M ^b   Nelen, W L D M ^c   Kremer, J A M ^c  

^a JEROEN BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b Microvida Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Immunology   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Male infertility; Pregnancy; Sperm quality; Treatment strategy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MALE SUBFERTILITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON COUNT;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 81455154784     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: 13652605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2010.01128.x     Document Type: Article

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