Endometrial evaluation by aspiration biopsy on the day of oocyte retrieval in the embryo transfer cycles in patients with serum progesterone rise during the follicular phase

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 521-526

  Ubaldi, Filippo ^a,b   Bourgain, Claire ^a   Tournaye, Herman ^a,b   Smitz, Johan ^a,b   Van Steirteghem, André ^a,b   Devroey, Paul ^a,b  

^a CENTRE FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Endometrial biopsy; endometrial maturation; follicular phase; progesterone

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMAN; OOCYTE; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0031028863     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(97)80080-5     Document Type: Article

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