Intravaginal and intracervical application of seminal plasma in in vitro fertilization or intracytoplasmic sperm injection treatment cycles-a double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized pilot study

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 167-172

  von Wolff, Michael ^a   Rösner, Sabine ^a   Thöne, Christina ^a   Pinheiro, Rafael Mota ^a   Jauckus, Julia ^a   Bruckner, Thomas ^b   Biolchi, Vanderleyen ^a   Alia, Amal ^a   Strowitzki, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endometrium; implantation; in vitro fertilization; seminal plasma

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICULAR ASPIRATION; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PILOT STUDY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEMINAL PLASMA; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; CERVIX UTERI; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PILOT PROJECTS; PLACEBOS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; SEMEN; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SPERMATOZOA; TREATMENT FAILURE; VAGINA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57849118931     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.11.036     Document Type: Article

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