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ABSTRACT

Infertility is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO), as a disease of the reproductive system that occurs at the inability to achieve pregnancy after 12 months of unprotected sex. Infertility problems in the country are serious, it is estimated that it is present on approximately 10% of all couples of reproductive age (15 to 49). Artificial insemination is the only treatment of infertility in Costa Rica. The study contemplate a population of all women aged 35 to 40, who were subjected to an homologus artificial insemination cycle, at the Center for Human Reproduction at the Adolfo Carit Eva Hospital back in 2013. The total population corresponds to 32 women patients, of which only 16%5 patients achieved pregnancy by artificial insemination. The incidence rate of pregnancies for 2013 in patients 35 to 40 years is 15.62%.

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