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SUMMARY
We began performing donor inseminations in 1980,
with frozen semen from the »Centrai Sædbank«,
Copenhagen. We report here on the results achie-
ved with 42 married couples who have been treated
at the National Hospital of Iceland between Febr. 1,
1980 and Oct. 1, 1982. A longitudinal analysis of this
material revealed a 71 % overall success rate, 22
pregnancies in 31 women who finished treatment
for 6 months. One early abortion was observed, 17
normal deliveries were recorded and at present 4
women are still pregnant. Out of 17 births all the
children were judged healthy, except one case of a
hip subluxation. The male-to-female sex ratio was
1,1. Chromosomal studies on 12 of the babies have
revealed nothing abnormal. Finally the influence of
age and infertility factors on the conception rate are
briefly discussed and so is the relation of conception
to the number of treatment months.
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