Reproducibility and reliability of semen analysis in youths at risk for infertility

Journal of Urology

Volumn 190, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 683-688

  Christman, Matthew S ^a   Kraft, Kate H ^b   Tasian, Gregory E ^c   Zderic, Stephen A ^c   Kolon, Thomas F ^c  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescent; reproducibility of results; semen analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CRYPTORCHISM; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; VARICOCELE;

ADOLESCENT; CV(W); ICC; INTRACLASS CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SA; SEMEN ANALYSIS; TMC; TOTAL MOTILE COUNT; WITHIN SUBJECT COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CRYPTORCHIDISM; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; VARICOCELE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880036236     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: 15273792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2013.02.030     Document Type: Article

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