Abstract
Objective: To describe two successive pregnancies resulting in two healthy infants in an HIV-discordant couple who underwent IVF-ICSI. Design: Case report. Setting: University-based infertility clinic. Patient(s): A couple seeking fertility treatment in which the male partner was seropositive for HIV-1. Intervention(s): Controlled ovarian hyperstimulation and IVF-ET with ICSI. Main Outcome Measure(s): Pregnancy outcome and HIV-1 seroconversion. Result(s): The couple delivered two healthy infants on successive pregnancies with use of IVF-ET with ICSI. Conclusion(s): For HIV-discordant couples in which the male partner is seropositive for HIV-1, IVF with ICSI is a viable option.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 421-423 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Fertility and Sterility |
| Volume | 78 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2002 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- HIV
- ICSI
- IVF
- Pregnancy
- Reproduction
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