Pregnancy rates with intrauterine insemination: Comparing 1999 and 2010 World Health Organization semen analysis norms

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 392-400

  Papillon Smith, J ^a   Baker, S E ^b   Agbo, C ^b   Dahan, M H ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

intrauterine insemination; male factor infertility; pregnancy rate; semen analysis; World Health Organization

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TOTAL MOTILE SPERM COUNT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUE; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL, HOMOLOGOUS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84926419844     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2014.12.007     Document Type: Article

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