Fertility and Sterility
Volume 89, Issue 6 , Pages 1718-1722 , June 2008

Comparison of semen parameters in samples collected by masturbation at a clinic and at home

  • Saad Elzanaty, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Reproductive Medicene Centre, Scanian Andrology Centre, Malmö University Hospital, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Saad Elzanaty, M.D., Ph.D., Reproductive Medicine Centre, Scanian Andrology Centre, Malmö University Hospital, SE 205 02, Malmö, Sweden (FAX: 46-040-338266).
    • ,
  • Johan Malm, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Chemistry, Malmö University Hospital, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden

Received 22 February 2007 ,Revised 24 May 2007 ,Accepted 24 May 2007.

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 The study was financially supported by the Swedish Research Council (Stockholm, Sweden; Grant No 521-2002-3907), the Swedish Government Funding for Clinical Research (Lund, Sweden), the Crafoord Foundation (Lund, Sweden), the Ove Tulefjord Fund (Malmö, Sweden), and the Foundation for Urological Research (Malmö, Sweden).

PII: S0015-0282(07)01212-5

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.05.044

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