Comparison between WHO (World Health Organization) 2010 and WHO 1999 parameters for semen analysis – interpretation of 529 consecutive samples
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Comparison between WHO (World Health Organization) 2010 and WHO 1999 parameters for semen analysis - interpretation of 529 consecutive samples.
OBJECTIVE To quantify how many men with normal semen according to WHO (WHO - World Health Organization) 1999 criteria, should be considered with abnormal semen according to 2010 criteria and vice versa; to study which parameter of volume, concentration, motility and morphology is the most responsible of this change. MATERIALS AND METHODS We studied, using WHO 1999 parameters, 529 consecutive ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archivio Italiano di Urologia e Andrologia
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2282-4197,1124-3562
DOI: 10.4081/aiua.2013.3.125