Semen features for conventional IVF: Need for a simple universal index

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Author declares no conflicts of interest in this study.

Acknowledgement

Many thanks to Orhun Işıkoğlu for the English language edition of the manuscript.

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The study received no extramural funding.

Author’s contributions

Mete Isikoglu contributed to conception, design, drafting the article and also revising it critically and final approval of the version to be published.

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