Comparison of uterine blood flow characteristics between spontaneous and stimulated cycles before embryo transfer

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 364-368

  Tekay, Aydin ^a   Martikainen, Hannu ^a   Jouppila, Pentti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Doppler; In vitro fertilization; Transvaginal ultrasonography; Uterine receptivity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; NIDATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSATILE FLOW; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 0029887979     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/HUMREP/11.2.364     Document Type: Article

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