New perspectives for unexplained infertility

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 727-733

  Hatasaka, Harry ^a  

^a Reproductive Care Center   (United States)

Author keywords

idiopathic subfertility; unexplained infertility; unknown etiology

Indexed keywords

BETA DEFENSIN; CLOMIFENE; CLOMIFENE CITRATE; FOLLITROPIN; LETROZOLE; VITRONECTIN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONCEPTION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; MALE INFERTILITY; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SUPEROVULATION; UNEXPLAINED INFERTILITY;

CLOMIPHENE; FEMALE; FERTILITY AGENTS, FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; OVULATION INDUCTION;

EID: 80055075173     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: 15325520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GRF.0b013e3182353e54     Document Type: Article

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