Endometrial Scratch Injury Induces Higher Pregnancy Rate for Women with Unexplained Infertility Undergoing IUI with Ovarian Stimulation

Reproductive Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 239-243

  Maged, Ahmed M ^a   Al Inany, Hesham ^a   Salama, Khaled M ^b   Souidan, Ibrahim I ^b   Abo Ragab, Hesham M ^b   Elnassery, Noura ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b BENHA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

endometrial injury; IUI; ovarian stimulation; unexplained infertility

Indexed keywords

CLOMIFENE CITRATE; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; CLOMIFENE;

ABORTION; ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; ENDOMETRIAL DISEASE; ENDOMETRIAL SCRATCH INJURY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OBESITY; OVARIAN STIMULATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CLOMIPHENE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84954184067     PISSN: 19337191     EISSN: 19337205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1933719115602776     Document Type: Article

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