Intrauterine insemination: Is it an effective treatment for male factor infertility?

Bailliere's Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 691-710

  Ford, W C L ^a   Mathur, R S ^a   Hull, M G R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Donor insemination; Intrauterine inseminationl; Male subfertility; Meta analysis; Semen analysis; Sperm function

Indexed keywords

GONADOTROPIN;

DONOR; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SUBFERTILITY;

EID: 0031462452     PISSN: 09503552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-3552(97)80007-7     Document Type: Article

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