A strategy for treatment of couples with unexplained infertility who failed to conceive after intrauterine insemination

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 584-589

  Bungum, Leif ^a   Bungum, M ^a   Humaidan, P ^a   Andersen, C Yding ^b  

^a VIBORG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Embryo transfer; Fertilization; ICSI; IVF; Split

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSFER; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OOCYTE; PREGNANCY RATE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SIBLING; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 2442636407     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)61107-8     Document Type: Article

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