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The male factor is a significant cause of infertility in about 40–50% of childless couples. The severity of the problem is reflected in semen analysis which may indicate absolute sterility as in patients with azoospermia or a relatively minor problem as in patients with mild oligospermia. In the majority of infertile males morphologically normal, motile spermatozoa are intermixed in the semen with morphologically abnormal and non-motile forms, epithelial cells, pus cells, amorphous material, as well as with other cellular and non-cellular debris. It can be assumed therefore that separation of motile, morphologically normal spermatozoa from the abnormal forms and from sperm debris prior to homologous artificial insemination (AIH) should improve chances of conception in such cases.
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Dmowski, W.P., Gaynor, L., Lawrence, M., Rao, R., Scommegna, A. (1980). Isolation of Motile Spermatozoa in Oligospermic Males Prior to AIH. In: Emperaire, J.C., Audebert, A., Hafez, E.S.E. (eds) Homologous Artificial Insemination (AIH). Clinics in Andrology, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8817-0_11
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