Fertility and Sterility
Volume 71, Issue 4 , Pages 684-689 , April 1999

Comparison of the sperm quality necessary for successful intrauterine insemination with World Health Organization threshold values for normal sperm

  • Richard P Dickey, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • The Fertility Institute of New Orleans.
    • Section of Reproductive Endocrinology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Louisiana State University School of Medicine.
    • The Fertility Institute of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
    • Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
    • ,
  • Roman Pyrzak, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • The Fertility Institute of New Orleans.
    • The Fertility Institute of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
    • ,
  • Peter Y Lu, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • The Fertility Institute of New Orleans.
    • Section of Reproductive Endocrinology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Louisiana State University School of Medicine.
    • The Fertility Institute of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
    • Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
    • ,
  • Steven N Taylor, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • The Fertility Institute of New Orleans.
    • The Fertility Institute of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
    • ,
  • Philip H Rye, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • The Fertility Institute of New Orleans.
    • The Fertility Institute of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Received 30 July 1998 ,Revised 2 November 1998 ,Accepted 2 November 1998.

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Fertility and Sterility
Volume 71, Issue 4 , Pages 684-689 , April 1999

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