Assisted reproduction techniques for HIV serodiscordant couples: 18 months of experience
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Assisted reproduction techniques for HIV serodiscordant couples: 18 months of experience.
BACKGROUND Assisted reproduction techniques can minimize the risk of infection and treat possible sterility associated with serodiscordant couples. METHODS We assessed the efficacy of these techniques in 57 couples in which at least one partner had human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) infection that was currently under control (47 men and 10 women). The semen of seropositive men was prepared ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Human Reproduction
سال: 2003
ISSN: 1460-2350
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deg258