Assisted reproductive technology and obstetric outcome in couples when the male partner has a Chronic Viral Disease

International Journal of Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 291-300

  Molina, Irene ^a   del Carmen Gonzalvo, María ^a   Clavero, Ana ^a   Ángel López Ruz, Miguel ^a   Mozas, Juan ^a,b   Pasquau, Juan ^a   Sampedro, Antonio ^a   Martínez, Luis ^a   Castilla, José Antonio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LAS NIEVES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

HBV; HCV; HIV; Obstetric Labor Complications; Reproductive Techniques

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FOLIC ACID; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS GENOTYPE 1; HEPATITIS C VIRUS GENOTYPE 2; HEPATITIS C VIRUS GENOTYPE 3; HEPATITIS C VIRUS GENOTYPE 4; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEROCONVERSION; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS LOAD;

EID: 84891054009     PISSN: 2008076X     EISSN: 20080778     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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