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CONTENTS
Course coordination, course type, course description, target audience,
educational needs and expected outcomes 05
Programme 07 Speakers’ contributions
Notes
172
Abnormal semen quality - causes and consequences 09
Aleksander Giwercman (Sweden)
Methodological problems associated with semen analysis:
why and how to solve the problem 24 Lars Björndahl (Sweden)
Sperm analysis and prediction of success in an ART programme 38
Willem Ombelet (Belgium)
Value of WHO guidelines for semen analysis:
A plea for new interpretation of results 64 Jan Willem van der Steeg (The Netherlands)
Value of WHO guidelines for semen analysis:
a plea for standardized methodology 85 Ebo Nieschlag (Germany)
Computer-assisted sperm analysis (CASA): potential developments 108
Sharon Mortimer (Canada)
Do we need other investigations in the andrology laboratory:
the value of sperm function testing 123 Chris Barratt (United Kingdom)
Do we need other investigations in the andrology laboratory:
the value of DNA damage tests 124 Elisabetta Baldi (Italy)
Sperm preparation techniques anno 2017: an update 144
Martine Nijs (The Netherlands)
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