Semen preparation by standard swim-up versus swim-up with test yolk buffer incubation in intrauterine insemination: A randomized study

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1859-1863

  Ragni, Guido ^a   De Lauretis, Luciana ^a   D'Ambrogio, Gerardo ^b   Pellegrini, Sandra ^c   Maggioni, Paola ^a   Vegetti, Walter ^a   Perotti, Laura ^a   Dalla Serra, Alessandra ^a   Parazzini, Fabio ^a,d   Crosignani, Pier Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

Author keywords

Intrauterine insemination; Randomized controlled trial; Semen preparation; Test yolk buffer; Unexplained infertility

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CLOMIFENE CITRATE; UROFOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CLINICAL TRIAL; EGG YOLK; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY RATE; SPERM;

EID: 0031873725     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.7.1859     Document Type: Article

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