Should HCV discordant couples with a seropositive male partner be treated with assisted reproduction techniques (ART)?

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 181-184

  Savasi, Valeria ^a   Oneta, Monica ^a   Parrilla, Bina ^a   Cetin, Irene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

HCV discordant couples; Sperm washing; Viremic

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INFANT WELFARE; INFECTION RISK; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MARITAL THERAPY; MATERNAL WELFARE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; SPERM WASHING; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SUBFERTILITY; SUPEROVULATION; VIREMIA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84875442082     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: 18727654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2012.12.012     Document Type: Article

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