Anogenital distance as a measure of human male fertility

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 479-484

  Eisenberg, Michael L ^a   Lipshultz, Larry I ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Genitalia; Humans; Infertility; Perineum; Sperm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOGENITAL DISTANCE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILDLESSNESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FATHER; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS SIZE; UROLOGIC EXAMINATION; VASECTOMY; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; PATHOLOGY; PERINEUM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS;

ADULT; GENITALIA, MALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; PERINEUM; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

EID: 84925493347     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: 15737330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-014-0410-1     Document Type: Article

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