PCOS in lesbian and heterosexual women treated with artificial donor insemination

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 398-402

  de Sutter, Petra ^a   Dutre T ^a   Vanden Meerschaut, F ^a   Stuyver, I ^a   van Maele, G ^a   Dhont, M ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Androgens; Donor insemination; Lesbian; PCOS; Prevalence; Sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CLOMIFENE CITRATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HETEROSEXUAL FEMALE; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SPERM DONOR; SPERMATOZOON; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

EID: 52049123576     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60224-6     Document Type: Article

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