Diagnostic approach to the infertile male patient.
There are several objectives to be achieved during the diagnostic evaluation of a male partner of an infertile partnership. The first is to identify whether or not there is a male factor present and, if so, whether this is attributable to an underlying medical illness. The second is to identify the cause of reduced male fertility and whether or not it is amenable to therapeutic intervention.
Jarow
Jonathan P
JP
Johns Hopkins University, 601 North Caroline Street, Room 4068, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA. jjarow@jhmi.edu
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003940:Diagnostic Techniques, Endocrine; D006801:Humans; D007248:Infertility, Male / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D012661:Semen / Q000737:chemistry