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20 - The Importance of Non-ART Fertility Treatments in Public Health

from Section 5 - Surveillance of Non-ART Fertility Treatments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 June 2019

Edited by
Dmitry M. Kissin ,
G. David Adamson ,
Georgina Chambers  and
Christian De Geyter
Dmitry M. Kissin
Affiliation:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta
G. David Adamson
Affiliation:
Fertility Physicians of Northern California, Palo Alto
Georgina Chambers
Affiliation:
National Perinatal Epidemiology and Statistics Unit, University of New South Wales, Sydney
Christian De Geyter
Affiliation:
University Hospital Basel
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Summary

In 1790, John Hunter a Scottish surgeon and one of the most distinguished scientists at that time wrote the first report on artificial insemination in medical literature about a cloth merchant with severe hypospadias, who collected his semen escaping during coitus in a warmed syringe and inject this sample into the vagina.Intrauterine insemination (IUI) is not included in the definition of assisted reproductive technology (ART) as ART comprises techniques, where oocytes are cultured in-vitro, but IUI is included in the definition of Medically Assisted Reproduction (MAR).

Keywords

intrauterine insemination (IUI)ovarian stimulationinfertilitysafetyeffectiveness
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Assisted Reproductive Technology Surveillance , pp. 191 - 199
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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