RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 <em>Best Practice No 170</em>
JF Journal of Clinical Pathology
JO J Clin Pathol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Association of Clinical Pathologists
SP 261
OP 267
DO 10.1136/jcp.56.4.261
VO 56
IS 4
A1 Williams, C
A1 Giannopoulos, T
A1 Sherriff, E A
YR 2003
UL http://jcp.bmj.com/content/56/4/261.abstract
AB This review will discuss the investigation of infertility, with emphasis on laboratory testing and reference to the value of other investigations, including clinical and radiological. The role of laboratory investigations is viewed within an appropriate clinically directed pathway that includes medical, surgical, and social history together with environmental factors. Because embryology and assisted reproduction techniques are developing rapidly and produce continuous changes in everyday practice, this article gives a critical review of the plethora of tests that are currently used.