Effect of varicocele on semen characteristics according to the new 2010 World Health Organization criteria: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 163-170

  Agarwal, Ashok ^a   Sharma, Reecha ^b   Harlev, Avi ^c   Esteves, Sandro ^d  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SAINT JOSEPH S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^d Androfert   (Brazil)

Author keywords

andrology laboratory; male infertility; meta analysis; semen analysis; systematic review; varicocele; World Health Organization

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); HUMAN; MALE INFERTILITY; META ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VARICOCELE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADULT; COMPLICATION; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERM; STANDARDS;

ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; SEMEN; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM COUNT; VARICOCELE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84957889049     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1008-682X.172638     Document Type: Review

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