Fertility and Sterility
Volume 85, Issue 1 , Pages 128-134 , January 2006

Within- and between-subject variation in semen parameters in infertile men and normal semen donors

  • Brooks A. Keel, Ph.D., H.C.L.D.(A.B.B.)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Sciences, Florida State University College of Medicine, Tallahassee, Florida
    • Women’s Research Institute, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita, Wichita, Kansas
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Brooks A. Keel, Ph.D., H.C.L.D., Florida State University, 109 Westcott Building, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-1330 (FAX: 850-645-0108)

Received 14 March 2005 ,Revised 16 June 2005 ,Accepted 16 June 2005.

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PII: S0015-0282(05)03415-1

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.06.048

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 85, Issue 1 , Pages 128-134 , January 2006

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