Assisted reproduction in HIV and HCV infected men of serodiscordant couples

Archives of Andrology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 105-111

  Garrido, N ^a,b   Meseguer, M ^a,b   Simon, C ^a,c   Pellicer, A ^a,d   Remohi J ^d  

^a INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE INFERTILIDAD   (Spain)

^b Fundacion IVI   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^d Dept Obstet Gynecol Hosp Dr P ^*

Author keywords

HCV; HIV; Nested PCR; Semen wash; Serodiscordant couples

Indexed keywords

BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONAVIRUS; FERTILIZATION; HEMOCONCENTRATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VIREMIA; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; RNA, VIRAL; SEMEN; SPERM BANKS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 3042784844     PISSN: 01485016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01485010490269542     Document Type: Review

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