Semen quality and prediction of IUI success in male subfertility: A systematic review

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 300-309

  Ombelet, Willem ^a,b   Dhont, Nathalie ^a   Thijssen, Annelies ^a,b   Bosmans, Eugene ^a   Kruger, Thinus ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

assisted reproduction; intrauterine insemination; predictive value; pregnancy rate; semen; sperm quality

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; MALE SUBFERTILITY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM QUALITY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SUBFERTILITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ASSISTED REPRODUCTION; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY RATE; SEMEN; SPERM QUALITY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEMEN ANALYSIS;

EID: 84895497695     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2013.10.023     Document Type: Review

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