Couples with unexplained subfertility and unfavorable prognosis: A randomized pilot trial comparing the effectiveness of in vitro fertilization with elective single embryo transfer versus intrauterine insemination with controlled ovarian stimulation

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Custers, Inge M ^a   König, Tamar E ^b   Broekmans, Frank J ^c   Hompes, Peter G A ^b   Kaaijk, Eugenie ^d   Oosterhuis, Jur ^e   Mochtar, Monique H ^a   Repping, Sjoerd ^a   Van Wely, Madelon ^a   Steures, Pieternel ^a   Van Der Veen, Fulco ^a   Mol, Ben W J ^a,f  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

^e MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^f MÁXIMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

IUI with controlled ovarian stimulation; IVF with single embryo transfer; Unexplained subfertility

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; IN VITRO FERTILIZATION WITH ELECTIVE SINGLE EMBRYO TRANSFER; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION WITH CONTROLLED OVARIAN STIMULATION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NETHERLANDS; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK; SUBFERTILITY; TWIN PREGNANCY;

EID: 80054990779     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.08.005     Document Type: Article

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