Infertility in the Male: Fourth Edition

Larry I. Lipshultz, Stuart S. Howards and Craig S. Niederberger

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First edition © L. I. Lipshultz and S. S. Howards 1983
Second and third edition © Mosby Year Book 1991, 1997
Fourth edition © Cambridge University Press 2009

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First edition published by Churchill Livingstone 1983
Second and third edition published by Mosby Year Book 1991, 1997
Fourth edition published by Cambridge University Press 2009

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Infertility in the male / [edited by] Larry I. Lipshultz, Stuart S.
Howards, Craig S. Niederberger. – 4th ed.
p.;cm..
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978–0-521–87289-8 (hardback)
1.Infertility, Male.I. Lipshultz, Larry I., 1942–II.Howards,
Stuart S., 1937–III.Niederberger, Craig S.
[DNLM: 1. Infertility, Male. WJ 709 I43 2009]
RC889.I563 2009
616.6′92–dc22 2009027850.

ISBN 978-0-521-87289-8 Hardback

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Contents

Contributors

Ashok Agarwal PhD HCLD

Joseph P Alukal MD

Deborah J Anderson PhD

Linda D Applegarth EdD

Saleh Binsaleh MD FRCSC

Elizabeth M Bloom JD

Karen E Boyle MD

Nancy L Brackett PhD HCLD

Robert E Brannigan MD

James V Bruckner PhD

Victor M Brugh III MD

Ettore Caroppo MD

Grace M Centola PhD

Aleksander Chudnovsky MD

Susan L Crockin JD

Fnu Deepinder MD

David M. Fenig

Aaron B Grotas MD

Matthew P. Hardy (deceased)

Wayne J. G. Hellstrom MD

Stanton C Honig MD

Stuart S Howards MD

Keith Jarvi MD FRCSC

Rajasingam S Jeyendran PhD

William E Kaplan MD

Edward Karpman MD

Sanjay S Kasturi MD

Mohit Khera MD MBA MPH

Nancy A Klein MD

Dolores J Lamb PhD HCLD

Jane M Lewis MD

Larry I Lipshultz MD

Kirk C Lo MD CM FRCSC

Charles M Lynne MD

R. Dale McClure MD FACS FRCSC

Antoine A Makhlouf MD PhD

Myles Margolis MD FRCPC

Clara I. Marín-Briggiler PhD

Randall B Meacham MD

Jesse N Mills MD

John P Mulhall MD

Alexander Müller MD

Christine Mullin MD

Harris M Nagler MD FACS

Craig S Niederberger MD FACS

Robert D Oates MD

Dana A Ohl MD

E. Charles Osterberg BS

Rodrigo L Pagani MD

Vassilios Papadopoulos DPharm PhD

Joseph A Politch PhD

Gail S Prins PhD

Angela A Reese BS

Susan A Rothmann PhD HCLD

Edmund S Sabanegh Jr. MD

Denny Sakkas PhD

Jay I Sandlow MD

Richard A Schoor MD FACS

Paulo C Serafini MD

Mark Sigman MD

Suresh C Sikka PhD HCLD

Rebecca Z Sokol MD MPH

Jens Sønksen MD DMSci PhD

Miguel Srougi MD

James Stelling MD

Justin Tannir MD

Anthony J Thomas Jr. MD

Paul J Turek MD

Terry T Turner PhD

Mónica H. Vazquez-Levin PhD

Moshe Wald MD

Thomas J Walsh MD MS

Thomas M Wheeler MD

Daniel H Williams IV MD

Armand Zini MD

Barry R Zirkin PhD