An increased number of replaced embryos counteracts the adverse effect of hydrosalpinges on IVF/ET outcome

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 22-26

  Abd El Maeboud, Karim Hassanein Ismail ^a,b   Khalifa, Essam Al Dein M ^a,c   El Hussein, El Sir ^a  

^a King Fahd Specialist Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

^b AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c ASSIUT UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Embryo transfer; Hydrosalpinx; Implantation rate; In vitro fertilization; Infertility

Indexed keywords

BUSERELIN; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HYDROSALPINX; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANIMALS; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FALLOPIAN TUBE DISEASES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031952960     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022522204277     Document Type: Article

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