Fertility and Sterility
Volume 88, Issue 2 , Pages 396-400 , August 2007

Role of treatment with ovarian stimulation and intrauterine insemination in women with unilateral tubal occlusion diagnosed by hysterosalpingography

  • Jacob Farhi, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • The first two authors contributed equally to this study.
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: J. Farhi, M.D., Infertility and In Vitro Fertilization Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Helen Schneider Hospital for Women, Rabin Medical Center, Petach Tikva 49100, Israel (FAX: 972-3-5028107).
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  • Avi Ben-Haroush, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • The first two authors contributed equally to this study.
    • ,
  • Yehezkel Lande, M.D.
    • ,
  • Benjamin Fisch, M.D., Ph.D.

Received 8 June 2006 ,Revised 28 October 2006 ,Accepted 27 November 2006.

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PII: S0015-0282(06)04659-0

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.11.187

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 88, Issue 2 , Pages 396-400 , August 2007

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