Best Practice Policies for Male Infertility

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No AccessJournal of UrologyCLINICAL UROLOGY: Special Communications1 May 2002Best Practice Policies for Male Infertility JONATHAN P. JAROW, IRA D. SHARLIP, ARNOLD M. BELKER, LARRY I. LIPSHULTZ, MARK SIGMAN, ANTHONY J. THOMAS, PETER N. SCHLEGEL, STUART S. HOWARDS, AJAY NEHRA, MARIAN D. DAMEWOOD, JAMES W. OVERSTREET, RICHARD SADOVSKY, and for the MALE INFERTILITY BEST PRACTICE POLICY COMMITTEE OF THE AMERICAN UROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION INC. JONATHAN P. JAROWJONATHAN P. JAROW , IRA D. SHARLIPIRA D. SHARLIP , ARNOLD M. BELKERARNOLD M. BELKER , LARRY I. LIPSHULTZLARRY I. LIPSHULTZ , MARK SIGMANMARK SIGMAN , ANTHONY J. THOMASANTHONY J. THOMAS , PETER N. SCHLEGELPETER N. SCHLEGEL , STUART S. HOWARDSSTUART S. HOWARDS , AJAY NEHRAAJAY NEHRA , MARIAN D. DAMEWOODMARIAN D. DAMEWOOD , JAMES W. OVERSTREETJAMES W. OVERSTREET , RICHARD SADOVSKYRICHARD SADOVSKY , and for the MALE INFERTILITY BEST PRACTICE POLICY COMMITTEE OF THE AMERICAN UROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION INC. 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Volume 167Issue 5May 2002Page: 2138-2144 Advertisement Copyright & Permissions© 2002 by American Urological Association, Inc.Keywordspractice guidelinesoligospermiainfertility, malevaricoceletestisMetricsAuthor Information JONATHAN P. JAROW Financial interest and/or other relationship with Bayer and Pfizer. More articles by this author IRA D. SHARLIP Financial interest and/or other relationship with Pfizer, Bayer, Lilly-ICOS and NaxMad. More articles by this author ARNOLD M. BELKER Financial interest and/or other relationship with AstraZeneca, Merck, Pfizer, Johnson and Johnson, Ryan International, Agagen, Chiron and Cardinal Health. More articles by this author LARRY I. LIPSHULTZ Financial interest and/or other relationship with Bayer, Pfizer, Lilly-ICOS, Unimed-Solvay and Humagen. More articles by this author MARK SIGMAN Financial interest and/or other relationship with Mentor and SDF Consultants. More articles by this author ANTHONY J. THOMAS More articles by this author PETER N. SCHLEGEL Financial interest and/or other relationship with Pharmacia, AstraZeneca and Hydromed. More articles by this author STUART S. HOWARDS More articles by this author AJAY NEHRA Financial interest and/or other relationship with American Medical Systems, TAP Pharmaceuticals, Neotonus and Alza. More articles by this author MARIAN D. DAMEWOOD Financial interest and/or other relationship with WellSpan Health and Apple Hill Surgical Center. More articles by this author JAMES W. OVERSTREET More articles by this author RICHARD SADOVSKY More articles by this author for the MALE INFERTILITY BEST PRACTICE POLICY COMMITTEE OF THE AMERICAN UROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION INC. More articles by this author Expand All Advertisement PDF downloadLoading ...