Is waiting for an endogenous luteinizing hormone surge and/or administration of human chorionic gonadotrophin of benefit in intrauterine insemination?

Human Reproduction

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1765-1770

  Awonuga, Awoniyi ^a,b   Govindbhai, Jyoti ^a,b  

^a Centre House   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clomiphene; FSH; HCG; Intrauterine insemination; LH surge; Natural cycle

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CLOMIFENE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0032795887     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/14.7.1765     Document Type: Article

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