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Chapter 1 - Standard Semen Examination: Manual Semen Analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 April 2021

By
Lars Björndahl
Edited by
Ashok Agarwal ,
Ralf Henkel  and
Ahmad Majzoub
Ashok Agarwal
Affiliation:
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
Ralf Henkel
Affiliation:
University of the Western Cape, South Africa
Ahmad Majzoub
Affiliation:
Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha
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Summary

The aim of this chapter is not to provide all practical details necessary for proper semen examination. There already exist other sources for that type of information [1, 2]. The purpose of this chapter is therefore to focus on biological and physiological aspects that are relevant to the examination of human ejaculates. It is aimed to give the clinician a proper background to set requirements for a qualitative laboratory service needed to diagnose and treat men with disorders in the male reproductive organs contributing to couple infertility.

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Manual of Sperm Function Testing in Human Assisted Reproduction , pp. 6 - 10
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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