Total motile sperm count: A better indicator for the severity of male factor infertility than the WHO sperm classification system

Human Reproduction

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1110-1121

  Hamilton, J A M ^a   Cissen, M ^a   Brandes, M ^c   Smeenk, J M J ^b   De Bruin, J P ^a   Kremer, J A M ^c   Nelen, W L D M ^c   Hamilton, C J C M ^a  

^a JEROEN BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b CPRLab   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

male subfertility; semen analysis; spontaneous ongoing pregnancy rate; total motile sperm count; World health organization criteria

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTENOZOOSPERMIA; AZOOSPERMIA; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NETHERLANDS; OLIGOSPERMIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY RATE; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPONTANEOUS ONGOING PREGNANCY RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION SPERM CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; INFERTILITY, MALE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPERMATOZOON;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84929716957     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dev058     Document Type: Article

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