The choice of embryo transfer catheter affects embryo implantation after IVF

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 678-682

  Meriano, James ^a   Weissman, Ariel ^a   Greenblatt, Ellen M ^a   Ward, Susan ^a   Casper, Robert F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Wolfson Medical Centre   (Israel)

Author keywords

Embryo transfer; In vitro fertilization; Intracytoplasmic sperm injection; TDT catheter; Tomcat catheter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIDATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CATHETERIZATION; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MALE; PREGNANCY; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0033800199     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(00)00716-0     Document Type: Article

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