Fertility and Sterility
Volume 80, Issue 3 , Pages 595-599 , September 2003

Comparison of the effectiveness of single intrauterine insemination (IUI) versus double IUI per cycle in infertile patients

  • Saeed Alborzi, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Infertility and Endoscopy, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Saeed Alborzi, M.D., P.O. Box 71345-1818, Shiraz, Iran (FAX: 98-711-6253291).
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  • Shahdokht Motazedian, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Infertility and Endoscopy, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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  • Mohammad E Parsanezhad, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Infertility and Endoscopy, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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  • Sima Jannati, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Infertility and Endoscopy, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

Received 11 July 2002 ,Revised 21 February 2003 ,Accepted 21 February 2003.

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PII: S0015-0282(03)00980-4

doi: 10.1016/S0015-0282(03)00980-4

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 80, Issue 3 , Pages 595-599 , September 2003

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