Fertility and Sterility
Volume 77, Issue 4 , Pages 715-720 , April 2002

Conversion of high-response gonadotropin intrauterine insemination cycles to in vitro fertilization results in excellent ongoing pregnancy rates

Presented in part at the 56th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, October 21–26, 2000, San Diego, California.

  • Amy M Antman, B.A.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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  • Joseph A Politch, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    • ,
  • Elizabeth S Ginsburg, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Elizabeth Ginsburg, M.D., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 75 Francis St., Boston, Massachusetts, USA 02115 (FAX: 617-566-7752)
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Received 17 May 2001 ,Revised 22 October 2001 ,Accepted 22 October 2001.

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Fertility and Sterility
Volume 77, Issue 4 , Pages 715-720 , April 2002

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