The type of catheter has no impact on the pregnancy rate after intrauterine insemination: A randomized study

Human Reproduction

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2364-2367

  Vermeylen, A M ^a   D'Hooghe, T ^a   Debrock, S ^a   Meeuwis, L ^a   Meuleman, C ^a   Spiessens, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Catheter; Hard tip; Infertility; Intrauterine insemination; Soft tip

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CLOMIFENE CITRATE; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CATHETER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFERTILITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 33749582766     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/del154     Document Type: Article

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