Developing techniques for determining sperm morphology in today’s andrology laboratory
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Lack of compliance by UK andrology laboratories with World Health Organization recommendations for sperm morphology assessment.
BACKGROUND Sperm morphology is known to correlate with the probability of conception both in vitro and in vivo, but the assessment of sperm morphology in the laboratory remains problematic. The 4th edition (1999) of the World Health Organization (WHO) Laboratory Manual has attempted to improve matters by giving rigorous recommendations regarding sperm morphology assessment. However, it is unkno...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1058-0468,1573-7330
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-005-4925-3