Ces Urol 2017, 21(4):280-283 | DOI: 10.48095/cccu2017039
Home‑based sperm analysis with a smartphone? Welcome to the age of telespermatology
- 1 TH klinika, s. r. o., Praha
- 2 Urologické oddělení, Oblastní nemocnice Kladno, a. s., Kladno
- 3 Gennet, s. r. o., Praha
- 4 Klinika transplantační chirurgie, IKEM, Praha
Novák J, Vik V. Home-based sperm analysis with a smartphone? Welcome to the age of telespermatology. The author presents the possibility of sperm analysis using a smartphone to the Czech readers.
Keywords: Sperm analysis, smartphone, telemedicine.
Received: September 16, 2017; Accepted: November 13, 2017; Published: December 19, 2017
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