Is the quality of donated semen deteriorating? findings from a 15 year longitudinal analysis of weekly sperm samples

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 372-377

  Haimov Kochman, Ronit ^a   Har Nir, Ruth ^a   Ein Mor, Eliana ^a   Ben Shoshan, Vered ^a   Greenfield, Caryn ^a   Eldar, Ido ^a   Bdolah, Yuval ^a   Hurwitz, Arye ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Semen; Sperm donation; Sperm quality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERM DONOR; SPERM QUALITY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ADULT; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM MOTILITY; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863324285     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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