No difference in cycle pregnancy rate and in cumulative live-birth rate between women with surgically treated minimal to mild endometriosis and women with unexplained infertility after controlled ovarian hyperstimulation and intrauterine insemination.

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Published in Fertil Steril on September 01, 2006

Authors

Erika Werbrouck1, Carl Spiessens, Christel Meuleman, Thomas D'Hooghe

Author Affiliations

1: Leuven University Fertility Centre, University Hospital Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.

Associated clinical trials:

Efficacy of Letrozole and CC Alone in an IUI Program in Cases With Surgically Treated Minimal to Mild Endometriosis | NCT01334762

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