Endometrial injury for pregnancy following sexual intercourse or intrauterine insemination

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2016, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Lensen, Sarah F ^a   Manders, Marlies ^b   Nastri, Carolina O ^c   Gibreel, Ahmed ^d   Martins, Wellington P ^c   Templer, Gabriella E ^a   Farquhar, Cindy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEEDING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE SUBFERTILITY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTENTIONAL ENDOMETRIAL INJURY; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; LIVE BIRTH; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SHAM PROCEDURE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; COITUS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; INFERTILITY; INJURIES; META ANALYSIS; PAIN MEASUREMENT;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; COITUS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; LIVE BIRTH; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED;

EID: 84973856019     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD011424.pub2     Document Type: Review

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