Semen analysis and sperm function tests: How much to test?

Semen analysis as an integral part of infertility investigations is taken as a surrogate measure for male fecundity in clinical andrology, male fertility, and pregnancy risk assessments. Clearly, laboratory seminology is still very much in its infancy. In as much as the creation of a conventional se...

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Published in:	Indian Journal of Urology
Main Author:	S S Vasan
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2011-01-01
Subjects:	Acrosome reaction male infertility miscarriage reactive oxygen species semen semen analysis sperm function tests sperm DNA integrity sperm penetration assay
Online Access:	http://www.indianjurol.com/article.asp?issn=0970-1591;year=2011;volume=27;issue=1;spage=41;epage=48;aulast=Vasan

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