Concordance of ureaplasma urealyticum and mycoplasma hominis in infertile couples: Impact on semen parameters

Urology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1219-1224

  Lee, Joong Shik ^b   Kim, Kyung Tae ^b   Lee, Hyo Serk ^b   Yang, Kwang Moon ^b   Seo, Ju Tae ^b   Choe, Jin Ho ^a,b  

^a Catholic Kwandong University   (South Korea)

^b Kwandong University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; MYCOPLASMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE SPERM MOTILITY; SCREENING TEST; SPERM; SPERM MORPHOLOGY; SPERM VITALITY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TOTAL SPERM MOTILITY; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; UROGENITAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CERVIX UTERI; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; SEMEN; SEMEN ANALYSIS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; UREAPLASMA INFECTIONS; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

EID: 84878557077     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2013.02.044     Document Type: Article

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