A controlled study for gender selection using swim-up separation

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 7-13

  Khatamee, Masood A ^a,c   Horn, Scott R ^a   Weseley, Alvin ^a   Farooq, Tahir ^a   Jaffe, Sharon B ^b   Jewelewicz, Raphael ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^c Fertility Research Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Clomiphene citrate; Gender selection; Human chorionic gonadotropins; Intrauterine insemination; Swim up separation

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CLOMIFENE CITRATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DETERMINATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CLOMIPHENE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL, HOMOLOGOUS; LUTEAL PHASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX PRESELECTION; SPERM MOTILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032775961     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000010125     Document Type: Article

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