Performance of the postwash total motile sperm count as a predictor of pregnancy at the time of intrauterine insemination: A meta-analysis

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 612-620

  Van Weert, Janne Meije ^a   Repping, Sjoerd ^a   Van Voorhis, Bradley J ^b   Van Der Veen, Fulco ^a   Bossuyt, Patrick M M ^a   Mol, Ben W J ^a,c  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^c MÁXIMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Intrauterine insemination; male factor infertility; meta analysis; postwash total motile sperm count; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; MEDLINE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SPERM MOTILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4544289722     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.01.042     Document Type: Article

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