Assessment of endometrial volume by three-dimensional ultrasound prior to embryo transfer: Clues to endometrial receptivity

Human Reproduction

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2851-2854

  Raga, F ^a,b   Bonilla Musoles, F ^a   Casan E M ^a   Klein, O ^a   Bonilla, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b Center for Gynecology and Obstetrics   (Spain)

Author keywords

Assisted conception; Endometrial volume; Reproductive performance; Three dimensional ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIDATION; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY RATE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0032708370     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/14.11.2851     Document Type: Article

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