Donatella Paoli - Atlas of Human Semen Examination

This series will serve as a comprehensive and authoritative resource that presents state of the art knowledge and practice within the fields of Andrology and Sexual Medicine, covering basic science and clinical and psychological aspects. Each volume will focus on a specific topic relating to reproductive or sexual health, such as male and female sexual disorders (from erectile dysfunction to vaginismus, and from hypoactive desire to ejaculatory disturbances), diagnostic issues in infertility and sexual dysfunction, and current and emerging therapies (from assisted reproduction techniques to testosterone supplementation, and from PDE5i to SSRIs for premature ejaculation). In addition, selected new topics not previously covered in a single monograph will be addressed, examples including male osteoporosis and the approach of traditional Chinese medicine to sexual medicine. Against the background of rapid progress in Andrology and Sexual Medicine, the series will meet the need of readers for detailed updates on new discoveries in physiology and pathophysiology and in the therapy of human sexual and reproductive disorders.

More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/13846

This Springer imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG

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This new editorial venture by Springer is, necessarily, dedicated in its entirety to Loredana Gandini. Everything in this volume speaks of her: her initial idea, her hard work under the microscope taking the photos, the long hours she spent choosing the best images, the graphic design of the cover Loredana did all this with the skill, scientific expertise, dedication and joy that characterized her entire scientific life.

We will never forget how her face lit up when the first edition of the Atlante di Seminologia was published in 1999, nor her immense satisfaction at its successwhich prompted the publication of a second edition in 2010, for which the title was changed to Diagnostica per immagini dello spermatozoo umano [Diagnostic imaging of human spermatozoa]. This very success was the fruit of her tenacity in tracking down the clearest and most educational images for the readers. We will always remember the many hours we spent discussing the best shots and the right magnification for her beloved goni, citi, tidi and zoi, as she called them.

Sadly, Loredanas life was cut cruelly short before she could see the English edition of her labour of love, but we are still gratified by the great interest that this volume continues to arouse; this gives us the motivation and enthusiasm to continue building upon her remarkable achievement.