Nurses performing embryo transfer: The development and results of the Birmingham experience

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 699-702

  Sinclair, Lucinda ^a   Morgan, Christine ^a   Lasher, Hany ^a   Afnan, Masoud ^a   Sharif, Khaldoun ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Embryo transfer; In vitro fertilization; Nurses

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIDATION; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PREGNANCY RATE; STAFF TRAINING;

EID: 0031920128     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.3.699     Document Type: Article

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