Intrauterine insemination before transfer of frozen-thawed embryos may improve the pregnancy rate for couples with unexplained infertility: Preliminary results of a randomized prospective study

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 755-760

  Geva, E ^b   Yovel, I ^b   Lerner Geva, L ^b   Lessing, J B ^b   Azem, F ^a   Amit, A ^b  

^a Amer Soc for Reproductive Medicine   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Embryo cryopreservation; Frozen thawed embryo transfer; Intrauterine insemination; Unexplained infertility

Indexed keywords

CLOMIFENE CITRATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL, HOMOLOGOUS; MALE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034062979     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(99)00629-9     Document Type: Article

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