Semen variation in a population of fertile donors: Evaluation in a French centre over a 34-year period

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 467-474

  Splingart, C ^a   Frapsauce, C ^a,b,c,d   Veau, S ^a,b,c,d   Barthelemy C ^a   Royere D ^a,b,c,d   Guerif F ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF TOURS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^c UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Fertile men; Semen donors; Semen quality; Sperm concentration; Sperm morphology; Sperm motility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CYTOPLASM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SPERM DONOR; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MIDPIECE; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON TAIL;

ADULT; FERTILITY; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; SEMEN; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 84861459738     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: 13652605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2011.01229.x     Document Type: Article

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