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intrauterine insemination

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intrauterine insemination (IUI),
artificial insemination in which specially washed sperm is injected through the cervix directly into the uterus.

intrauterine insemination
Turkey baster insemination Reproduction medicine The direct introduction of sperm in the uterus, a maneuver used in unexplained or ♂-factor infertility. See Artificial reproductive technology.


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Human immunodeficiency virus type 1-serodiscordant couples can bear healthy children after undergoing intrauterine insemination, Fertility and Sterility, 1998, 70(1):35-39; Gilling-Smith C et al.
More and more often, lesbian couples are getting pregnant through such advanced methods as intrauterine insemination and with the help of fertility medications, according to Carol Frost Vercollone, coauthor of Helping the Stork, a 1997 book about donor insemination.
The Center's highly successful infertility program offers diagnostic testing, ovulation induction, intrauterine insemination and in vitro fertilization (IVF), as well as gestational surrogacy and oocyte donation.
 
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