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Microfluidic Chips for Semen Analysis

Overview
Journal EJIFCC
Specialty Biochemistry
Date 2016 Sep 30
PMID 27683417
Citations 4
Authors
L I Segerink
A J Sprenkels
G J E Oosterhuis
I Vermes
A van den Berg
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Abstract

The gold standard of semen analysis is still an manual method, which is time-consuming, labour intensive and needs thorough quality control. Microfluidics can also offer advantages for this application. Therefore a first step in the development of a microfluidic chip has been made, which enables the man the semen analysis at home. In this article recent efforts to determine the concentration and motility using a microfluidic chip are summarized.

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