Normal reference ranges for semen quality and their relations to fecundity

作     者：Niels E. Skakkebaek 

作者机构：University Department of Growth and Reproduction Rigshospitalet Copenhagen DK-2100 Denmark 

出 版 物：《Asian Journal of Andrology》 (亚洲男性学杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2010年第12卷第1期

页      面：95-98页

核心收录：

学科分类：12[管理学] 1204[管理学-公共管理] 120402[管理学-社会医学与卫生事业管理(可授管理学、医学学位)] 1004[医学-公共卫生与预防医学(可授医学、理学学位)] 0905[农学-畜牧学] 09[农学] 090501[农学-动物遗传育种与繁殖] 10[医学] 

主　　题：semen quality infertility sperm morphology fecundity 

摘      要：Several recent studies have shown that the fecundity of a man decreases progressively with sperm concentrations below 40 million spermatozoa per mL. Therefore, it is unfortunate that the new World Health Organization guidelines for semen analysis recommend lowering the lower cutoff value for normal sperm concentration from 20 to 15 million spermatozoa per mL. As a result large groups of subfertile men across the world may not receive appropriate andrological help in the future.