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In Vitro Sperm Penetration in Cervical Mucus and AIH

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Homologous Artificial Insemination (AIH)

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An in vitro sperm penetration test with the semen of the husband and the cervical mucus of the wife is useful in order to know whether artificial insemination with the husband’s semen has a reasonable chance of achieving a pregnancy and to know which type of insemination (intravaginal, intracervical or intrauterine) is to be preferred.

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  1. Institut Aquitain de Recherches et d’Études de la Reproduction Humaines, 40 cours de Verdum, 33000, Bordeaux, France

    J. C. Emperaire  & A. Audebert  & 

  2. Department of Gynecology/Obstetrics and Andrology Research Unit, and C.S. Mott Center for Human Growth and Development, Wayne State University School of Medicine, 48201, Detroit, Michigan, USA

    E. S. E. Hafez

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Kremer, J. (1980). In Vitro Sperm Penetration in Cervical Mucus and AIH. In: Emperaire, J.C., Audebert, A., Hafez, E.S.E. (eds) Homologous Artificial Insemination (AIH). Clinics in Andrology, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8817-0_3

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