Pregnancy rates after in-vitro fertilization in cases of tubal infertility with and without hydrosalpinx: A meta-analysis of published comparative studies

Human Reproduction

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1243-1249

  Camus, E ^a,b   Poncelet, C ^a   Goffinet, F ^a   Wainer, B ^a   Merlet, F ^a   Nisand, I ^a   Philippe, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER INTERCOMMUNAL   (France)

Author keywords

Hydrosalpinx; Implantation rate; IVF; Pregnancy rate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HYDROSALPINX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIDATION; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SALPINGECTOMY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; UTERINE TUBE OCCLUSION;

FALLOPIA; HYDROSALPINX;

EID: 0032926059     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/14.5.1243     Document Type: Article

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