Assessing the reproductive performance of men co-infected with HIV-1 and hepatitis C undergoing assisted reproduction

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 274, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 155-159

  Chu, Micheline C ^a   Pena, Joseph E ^a   Nakhuda, Gary S ^a   Thornton II, Melvin H ^a   Sauer, Mark V ^a,b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction; Co infection; Hepatitis; HIV 1; ICSI; IVF

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NIDATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE; PREGNANCY RATE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SPERM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 33646869028     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-006-0164-9     Document Type: Article

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