Male infertility in Bangladesh: What serve better-pharmacological help or awareness programme?

International Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 687-694

  Bashed, M A ^a   Alam, Gazi Mahabubul ^b   Kabir, M A ^b   Al Amm, Abul Quasem ^b  

^a Infertility Treatment Research Center   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Male infertility; Policy; Post coital test; Spin bracket test

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; AZOOSPERMIA; BANGLADESH; CRYPTORCHISM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; IN VITRO OOCYTE MATURATION; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MICROSCOPY; OLIGOSPERMIA; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; TERATOSPERMIA;

EID: 84871960499     PISSN: 18117775     EISSN: 18125700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ijp.2012.687.694     Document Type: Article

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