The impact of sperm morphology evaluated by strict criteria on intrauterine insemination success

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 536-541

  Karabinus, David S ^a   Gelety, Timothy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

intrauterine insemination; pregnancy rate; semen quality; Sperm morphology

Indexed keywords

CLOMIFENE CITRATE; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; EJACULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031034320     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(97)80082-9     Document Type: Article

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