The effect of the new 2010 World Health Organization criteria for semen analyses on male infertility

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1428-1431

  Murray, Katie S ^a   James, Andrew ^a   McGeady, James B ^b   Reed, Michael L ^c   Kuang, Wayne W ^b,d   Nangia, Ajay K ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c Center of Reproductive Medicine of New Mexico   (United States)

^d Southwest Fertility Center for Men   (United States)

Author keywords

Andrology; male infertility; semen analysis; WHO criteria

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MORPHOLOGY; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84870377193     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2012.07.1130     Document Type: Article

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