Male factor assessment in infertility.

Med Clin North Am

Department of Urology, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Clinical Science North, Suite 515, 840 South Wood Street, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.

Published: January 2011

Male infertility assessment is more than a semen analysis. By interpreting a semen analysis, clinicians recognize its uses and limitations. Once understood, clinicians can then apply modern techniques of endocrine and radiologic evaluation to diagnosis of male reproductive dysfunction. It is important to identify patients with infertility not only to allow reproductive potential but also to identify a population susceptible to future disease states.

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