Analysis of semen parameters in male referrals: Impact of reference limits, stratification by fertility categories, predictors of change, and comparison of normal semen parameters in subfertile couples

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 59-65.e5

  Baker, Karen ^a   Li, Jianbo ^a   Sabanegh, Edmund ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Infertility male; Referral and consultation; Semen analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM QUALITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SUBFERTILITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; INFERTILITY, MALE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; REPRODUCTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OHIO; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924577191     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.09.043     Document Type: Article

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