Status of sperm morphology assessment: An evaluation of methodology and clinical value

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 53-58

  Van Den Hoven, Leonie ^a   Hendriks, Jan C M ^a   Verbeet, Jozé G M ^a   Westphal, Johan R ^a   Wetzels, Alex M M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ICSI; IVF; Male aging; Prognostic value; Sperm morphology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERM QUALITY; SPERMATOZOON; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; INFERTILITY, MALE; NETHERLANDS; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SPERMATOZOA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924351711     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.09.036     Document Type: Article

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