Comparison between WHO (World Health Organization) 2010 and WHO 1999 parameters for semen analysis - Interpretation of 529 consecutive samples

Archivio Italiano di Urologia e Andrologia

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 125-129

  Catanzariti, Francesco ^a   Cantoro, Ubaldo ^a   Lacetera, Vito ^a   Muzzonigro, Giovanni ^a   Polito, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Infertility; Semen analysis; WHO 2010 parameters

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; AZOOSPERMIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEMEN ANALYSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886447716     PISSN: 11243562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/aiua.2013.3.125     Document Type: Article

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