Comparing the pregnancy rates of one versus two intrauterine inseminations (IUIs) in male factor and idiopathic infertility

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 75-79

  Liu, Wei ^a   Gong, Fei ^a   Luo, Keli ^a   Lu, Guangxiu ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Idiopathic infertility; Intrauterine insemination; Male factor infertility; Prospective randomized study

Indexed keywords

CLOMIFENE CITRATE; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILITY; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL, HOMOLOGOUS; MALE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33744801952     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-005-9017-x     Document Type: Article

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