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The epidemiology of male infertility.

Brian Winters, +1 more
- 01 Feb 2014 - 
- Vol. 41, Iss: 1, pp 195-204
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In this new perspective of "infertility as a disease," improvements envisioned in public health that may be gained through improved understanding of the epidemiology of male infertility are envisioned, and a survey of available data on the epidemiological of infertility provided.
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This article is published in Urologic Clinics of North America.The article was published on 2014-02-01. It has received 195 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Infertility.

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Campbell-Walsh urology

TL;DR: The Anatomy Surgical Anatomy of the Retroperitoneum, Kidneys, and Ureters and Clinical Decision Making Evaluation of the Urologic Patient are reviewed.
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A unique view on male infertility around the globe

TL;DR: At least 30 million men worldwide are infertile with the highest rates in Africa and Eastern Europe, and a novel and unique way to calculate the distribution of male infertility around the world is demonstrated.
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Temporal trends in sperm count: a systematic review and meta-regression analysis.

TL;DR: This comprehensive meta-regression analysis reports a significant decline in sperm counts between 1973 and 2011, driven by a 50-60% decline among men unselected by fertility from North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand.
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Antioxidants for male subfertility

TL;DR: This Cochrane review aimed to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of oral supplementation with antioxidants for subfertile male partners in couples seeking fertility assistance with a placebo, no treatment or another antioxidant.
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Worldwide Patterns of Infertility: Is Africa Different?

TL;DR: En Afrique la situation semble differente de celle des autres pays, developpes ou sous-deVELoppes: frequence plus grandes des sterilites secondaires and de longue duree, de maladies transmises sexuellement, de complications de grossesse and de sterilites semblant dues a des infections genitales anterieures.
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Evidence for decreasing quality of semen during past 50 years.

TL;DR: There has been a genuine decline in semen quality over the past 50 years, and as male fertility is to some extent correlated with sperm count the results may reflect an overall reduction in male fertility.
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Campbell-Walsh urology

TL;DR: The Anatomy Surgical Anatomy of the Retroperitoneum, Kidneys, and Ureters and Clinical Decision Making Evaluation of the Urologic Patient are reviewed.
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Decline in Semen Quality among Fertile Men in Paris during the Past 20 Years

TL;DR: The volume of seminal fluid, the sperm concentration, and the percentages of motile and morphologically normal spermatozoa in 1351 healthy fertile men from 1973 through 1992 were measured.
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