A schematic overview of the current status of male infertility practice

World Journal of Men's Health

Volumn 37, Issue , 2019, Pages

  Agarwal, Ashok ^a   Majzoub, Ahmad ^a,b   Parekh, Neel ^a   Henkel, Ralf ^a,c  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Andrology; Hormones; Infertility; Male; Oxidative stress; Semen analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 85086222765     PISSN: 22874208     EISSN: 22874690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5534/WJMH.190068     Document Type: Review

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