Limitations of semen analysis as a test of male fertility and anticipated needs from newer tests

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1502-1507

  Wang, Christina ^a   Swerdloff, Ronald S ^a  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Female fecundity; Reference ranges; Sperm concentration; Sperm morphology; Sperm motility

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ACROSOME REACTION; FEMALE FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERM QUALITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; INFERTILITY, MALE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; REFERENCE VALUE; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON;

FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SEMEN; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84921958517     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.10.021     Document Type: Review

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