Semen quality improves marginally during young adulthood: A longitudinal follow-up study

Human Reproduction

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 502-510

  Perheentupa, Antti ^a,b   Sadov, Sergey ^a   Rönkä, Riitta ^a   Virtanen, Helena E ^a   Rodprasert, Wiwat ^a   Vierula, Matti ^a   Jørgensen, Niels ^c   Skakkebæk, Niels E ^c   Toppari, Jorma ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

cohort; fertility; germ cell; maturation; morphology; motility; reproductive health; sperm; spermatogenesis; testis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINLAND; FINN (CITIZEN); FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POPULATION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMEN VOLUME; SPERM MORPHOLOGY; SPERM QUALITY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; YOUNG ADULT; AGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FINLAND; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 84960076395     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dev328     Document Type: Article

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