Relationship between follicle number and (multiple) live birth rate after controlled ovarian hyperstimulation and intrauterine insemination

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 197, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 589.e1-589.e5

  Ghesquiere, Sophie L ^a   Castelain, Els G ^a   Spiessens, Carl ^a   Meuleman, Christel L ^a   D'Hooghe, Thomas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

(multiple) live birth; (multiple) pregnancy; follicle number; intrauterine insemination

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; CLOMIFENE CITRATE; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OVARY FOLLICLE; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36448976589     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2007.05.016     Document Type: Article

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