The predictive value of the sperm-cervical mucus interaction test on the outcome of in vitro fertilization and ovulation induction combined with intrauterine insemination

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 232-234

  Abu Heija, A T ^a,b   Fleming, R ^a   Jamieson, M E ^a   Yates, R W S ^a   Coutts, J R T ^a  

^a GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSERELIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRANASAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS;

EID: 0031007182     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.1997.tb02261.x     Document Type: Article

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