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ArticleFacts, views & vision in ObGyn2015

Artificial insemination history: hurdles and milestones.

W Ombelet, J Van Robays

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Article in Facts, views & vision in ObGyn, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers.

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36citing papers in PubMed
5.9field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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36 citing papers in PubMed, 96 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

W OmbeletGenk Institute for Fertility Technology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, ZiekenhuisOost-Limburg, Schiepse Bos 6, 3600 Genk, Belgium. ; Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Martelarenlaan 42, 3500 Hasselt, Belgium.
J Van RobaysDepartment of Pathology, ZOL, Campus St Jan, Schiepse Bos 6, 3600 Genk, Belgium.
Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg · BE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Artificial insemination with homologous (AIH) or donor semen (AID) is nowadays a very popular treatment procedure used for many subfertile women worldwide. The rationale behind artificial insemination is to increase gamete density at the site of fertilisation. The sequence of events leading to today's common use of artificial insemination traces back to scientific studies and experimentation many centuries ago. Modern techniques used in human artificial insemination programmes are mostly adapted from the work on cattle by dairy farmers wishing to improve milk production by using artificial insemination with sperm of selected bulls with well chosen genetic traits. The main reason for the renewed interest in artificial insemination in human was associated with the refinement of techniques for the preparation of washed motile spermatozoa in the early years of IVF. The history of artificial insemination is reviewed with particular interest to the most important hurdles and milestones.

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Artificial inseminationassisted reproductionhistoryhumanintrauterine inseminationsemen

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PMID26175891
PMCPMC4498171
OpenAlexW873492681

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