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Reference Values of Semen Variables and Their Interpretation

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  1. Centre for Medical and Urological Andrology and Reproductive Endocrinology, University Hospital Ghent 6K12IE, De Pintelaan 185, 9000, Ghent, Belgium

    F. Comhaire & A. Mahmoud

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  1. Center of Dermatology and Andrology, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Gaffystraße 14, 35385, Giessen, Germany

    Wolf-Bernhard Schill

  2. Center for Medical and Urological Andrology and Reproductive Endocrinology, University Hospital Ghent 6K12IE, De Pintelaan 185, 9000, Ghent, Belgium

    Frank Comhaire

  3. Department of Oncology, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Human Genetics Building, Edinburgh, EH4 2XU, Scotland UK

    Timothy B. Hargreave

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Comhaire, F., Mahmoud, A. (2006). Reference Values of Semen Variables and Their Interpretation. In: Schill, WB., Comhaire, F., Hargreave, T.B. (eds) Andrology for the Clinician. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg . https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-33713-X_14

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