Correspondence: semen parameters in men who recovered from covid-19 — a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Diogo Edele Dos Santos1, Tamy Colonetti1, Lídia Rosi Medeiros1, Maria Laura Rodrigues Uggioni1, Antônio José Grande2, Maria Inês da Rosa1
1Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Saúde, Laboratory of Epidemiology, Universidade do Extremo Sul Catarinense, Criciúma, SC, Brazil
2Medical Course, Laboratory of Evidence-Based Practice, Universidade Estadual de Mato Grosso do Sul, Dourados, MS, Brazil

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AbstractA recent systematic review with meta-analysis performed by Tiwari et al. (Middle East Fertil Soc J 26:44, 2021) suggested that coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) affects both semen parameters and sexual hormones. However, we have observed a few inconsistencies in their systematic review methods and their synthesis of results (meta-analysis), which would have impacted their results.

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