A matched study to determine whether low-dose aspirin without heparin improves pregnancy rates following frozen embryo transfer and/or affects endometrial sonographic parameters

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 579-582

  Check, Jerome H ^a,b   Dietterich, Carole ^a   Lurie, Deborah ^a   Nazari, Ahmad ^a   Chuong, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspirin; Endometrial architecture; Frozen embryos; Pregnancy; Transvaginal sonography

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; ESTRADIOL; HEPARIN; LEUPRORELIN; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; NIDATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 0031647243     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020373009043     Document Type: Article

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