Predictive value of sperm morphology and progressively motile sperm count for pregnancy outcomes in intrauterine insemination

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1462-1468

  Lemmens, Louise ^a   Kos, Snjezana ^b,i   Beijer, Cornelis ^c,i   Brinkman, Jacoline W ^d,i   van der Horst, Frans A L ^e,i   van den Hoven, Leonie ^a,i   Kieslinger, Dorit C ^f,i   van Trooyen van Vrouwerff, Netty J ^g,i   Wolthuis, Albert ^h,i   Hendriks, Jan C M ^a   Wetzels, Alex M M ^a,i  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Maasstad Hospital Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

^c Atalmedial   (Netherlands)

^d ST JANSDAL HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^e REINIER DE GRAAF HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^f VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^h MEDICAL CENTER LEEUWARDEN   (Netherlands)

ⁱ NONE

Author keywords

Intrauterine insemination; IUI; prognostic value; semen analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TOTAL PROGRESSIVELY MOTILE SPERM COUNT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFERTILITY, MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; SPERMATOZOON; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84959317239     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2016.02.012     Document Type: Article

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