What advances may the future bring to the diagnosis, treatment, and care of male sexual and reproductive health?
Over the past 40 years, since the publication of the original WHO Laboratory Manual for the Examination and Processing of Human Semen, the laboratory methods used to evaluate semen markedly changed and benefited from improved precision and accuracy, as well as the development of new tests and improved, standardized methodologies. Herein, we present the impact of the changes put forth in the sixth edition together with our views of evolving technologies that may change the methods used for the routine semen analysis, up-and-coming areas for the development of new procedures, and diagnostic approaches that will help to extend the often-descriptive interpretations of several commonly performed semen tests that promise to provide etiologies for the abnormal semen parameters observed.
Source: Fertility and Sterility - Category: Reproduction Medicine Authors: Christopher L.R. Barratt, Christina Wang, Elisabetta Baldi, Igor Toskin, James Kiarie, Dolores J. Lamb, other Editorial Board Members of the WHO Laboratory Manual for the Examination and Processing of Human Semen Tags: Views and reviews Source Type: research
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