Successful pregnancies with the use of laminaria tents before embryo transfer for refractory cervical stenosis

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1172-1174

  Glatstein, Isaac Z ^a   Pang, Samuel C ^a   McShane, Patricia M ^a  

^a Deaconess Waltham Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical stenosis; Embryo transfer; Laminaria tents

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; DOXYCYCLINE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; LAMINARIA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENOSIS; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION;

EID: 0030915457     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(97)81460-4     Document Type: Article

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