Serum oxytocin concentration during embryo transfer procedure

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 77-80

  Dorn, Christoph ^a,b   Reinsberg, Jochen ^a   Schlebusch, Harald ^a   Prietl, Gernot ^a   Van Der Ven, Hans ^a   Krebs, Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryo transfer; In vitro fertilization; Oxytocin

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT;

ADULT; CATHETERIZATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OXYTOCIN; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 0033227364     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-2115(99)00077-9     Document Type: Article

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