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Semen Quality

What is normal semen quality? On the use and abuse of reference limits for the interpretation of semen analysis results

Lars BjörndahlDepartment of Medicine, Centre for Andrology and Sexual Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital and Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Stockholm, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 179-186 | Published online: 19 Jul 2011

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