World Health Organization reference values for human semen characteristics*‡

Human Reproduction Update - Tập 16 Số 3 - Trang 231-245 - 2010
Trevor G. Cooper1, Elizabeth Noonan2, Sigrid von Eckardstein3, Jacques Auger4, H.W.G. Baker5, Hermann M. Behre6, Trine B. Haugen7, Thinus F. Kruger8, Christina Wang9, Michael T. Mbizvo3, Kirsten Vogelsong3
1Centre of Reproductive Medicine and Andrology of the University, Domagkstrasse 11, D-48129 Münster, Germany
2Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, SCHARP Statistical Center for HIV/AIDS Research and Prevention, Seattle, WA, USA
3UNDP/UNFPA/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), Department of Reproductive Health and Research, WHO, CH-1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland
4Service d’histologie-embryologie, biologie de la reproduction/CECOS, pavillon Cassini, hôpital Cochin, Paris, France
5Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne, Royal Women's Hospital, Carlton, VIC, Australia
6Center for Reproductive Medicine and Andrology, University Hospital Halle, Martin Luther University, Halle, Germany
7Faculty of Health Sciences, Oslo University College, Oslo, Norway
8Reproductive Biology Unit, Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg, South Africa
9Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute, Torrance, CA, USA

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