Multiple attempts at embryo transfer: Does this affect in-vitro fertilization treatment outcome?

Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1188-1190

  Nabi, Abdel ^a   Awonuga, Awoniyi ^a   Birch, Heidi ^a   Barlow, Susan ^a   Stewart, Bert ^a  

^a Centre House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

IVF; Pregnancy rate; Retained embryos

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATHETER; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUCUS; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031005636     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/12.6.1188     Document Type: Article

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