Immobilisation versus immediate mobilisation after intrauterine insemination: Randomised controlled trial

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 339, Issue 7729, 2009, Pages 1065-

  Custers, Inge M ^a   Flierman, Paul A ^b   Maas, Pettie ^c   Cox, Tessa ^d   Van Dessel, Thierry J H M ^e   Gerards, Mariette H ^f   Mochtar, Monique H ^a   Janssen, Catharina A H ^g   Van Der Veen, Fulco ^a   Mol, Ben Willem J ^a,c  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis ^*  (Netherlands)

^c MÁXIMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^e Microvida Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Immunology   (Netherlands)

^f MARTINI HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^g GROENE HART HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; MALE INFERTILITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; EARLY AMBULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INFERTILITY, MALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LIVE BIRTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SUPINE POSITION; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449427042     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b4080     Document Type: Article

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