Decline of semen quality during IVF is not associated with subjective male stress

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 597-601

  Nouri, Kazem ^a   Litschauer, Brigitte ^b   Sator, Michael ^a   Tiringer, Denise ^a   Ott, Johannes ^a   Walch, Katherina ^a   Hefler, Lukas A ^c   Tempfer, Clemens B ^d  

^a UNIV KLIN FÜR FRAUENHEILKUNDE   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c Krankenhaus der Barmherzigen Schwestern Wien Betriebsgesellschaft   (Austria)

^d RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

in vitro fertilization; questionnaire; semen quality; stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC STRESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; MALE INFERTILITY; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPERM; SPERM QUALITY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

EID: 84904764636     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1008-682X.125404     Document Type: Article

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