Fertility and Sterility
Volume 93, Issue 4 , Pages 1124-1127 , 1 March 2010

Is the use of donor sperm associated with a higher incidence of preeclampsia in women who achieve pregnancy after intrauterine insemination?

Received 20 October 2008 ,Revised 2 December 2008 ,Accepted 8 December 2008.

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 D.K. has nothing to disclose. E.M.K. has nothing to disclose. P.D. has nothing to disclose. H.M.F. has nothing to disclose.

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doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.12.021

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 93, Issue 4 , Pages 1124-1127 , 1 March 2010

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