Recommended books

World Health Organization

Cambridge University Press, 4th edition, 1999

This definitive and essential source of reference has been thoroughly updated and revised to meet the requirements of all laboratories involved in the analysis of human semen. The book sets out the fundamental laboratory techniques that should be employed in the diagnosis of male infertility.

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Thinus F. Kruger (Editor), Daniel R. Franken (Editor)

Taylor & Francis, 2004

Sperm morphology evaluation by strict criteria is the gold-standard used by all IVF and andrology units around the world. It is based on an approach to sperm morphology evaluation that utilizes optimal preparation methods and evaluation procedures and criteria for a morphological normal spermatozoon based on biological evidence.

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David Mortimer

Oxford University Press, USA, 1994

This practical manual on sperm analysis presents the diagnostic and therapeutic procedures that are used in andrology laboratories to analyze and assess male infertility. Diagnostic areas include: semen analysis and the biochemical, immunological and microbiological examination of human semen and spermatozoa; computer-aided sperm motility analysis; sperm ultrastructure; and assessment of sperm transport through the female tract and sperm fertilizing ability.

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Patrick J. Rowe, Frank H. Comhaire, Timothy B. Hargreave, Ahmed M. A. Mahmoud

Cambridge University Press, 2000

Prepared by an authoritative international panel of experts, this concise and structured account provides a consensus on the most effective and logical approach to the investigation and management of male infertility. The manual focuses attention on three key areas: history taking, clinical assessment of male fertility, and objective criteria for diagnostic categories.

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Wolf-Bernhard Schill (Editor), Frank H. Comhaire (Editor), Timothy B. Hargreave (Editor)

Springer, 2006

Andrology for the Clinician consists of two parts: In Part One, the busy clinician can find the problem-orientated information he or she needs on such issues as male factor fertility problems, male contraception, and male genital tract infection and tumours. Part Two contains in-depth subject-orientated information and adds important scientific background information to the recommendations received in Part One.

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