Semen analysis and prediction of natural conception

Human Reproduction

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1360-1367

  Leushuis, Esther ^a,b   Van Der Steeg, Jan Willem ^c   Steures, Pieternel ^d   Repping, Sjoerd ^b   Bossuyt, Patrick M M ^b   Mol, Ben Willem J ^b   Hompes, Peter G A ^a   Van Der Veen, Fulco ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c JEROEN BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d CPRLab   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

prediction; pregnancy; semen analysis; subfertility

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUBFERTILITY; ALGORITHM; FERTILITY; FOLLOW UP; INFERTILITY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEMEN; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84902664203     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deu082     Document Type: Article

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