Intrauterine insemination catheters for assisted reproduction: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Human Reproduction

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1961-1967

  Abou Setta, Ahmed M ^a   Mansour, Ragaa T ^a   Al Inany, Hesham G ^a   Aboulghar, Mona A ^a   Kamal, Ahmed ^a   Aboulghar, Mohamed A ^a   Serour, Gamal I ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction; Catheters; Intrauterine insemination; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; CATHETER; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; MANTEL HAENSZEL TEST; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY RATE; PREGNANT WOMAN; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UTERUS BLEEDING;

EID: 33747885436     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/del139     Document Type: Review

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