Role of three-dimensional ultrasonographic measurement of endometrium volume as a predictor of pregnancy outcome in an IVF-ET program: A preliminary study

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 797-801

  Yaman, Cemil ^a   Ebner, Thomas ^b   Sommergruber, Michael ^a,b   Pölz, Werner ^a   Tews, Gernot ^a  

^a Women's General Hospital Linz   (Austria)

^b JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Endometrial thickness; Endometrial volume; IVF; Outcome; Pregnancy rate; Three dimensional; Two dimensional

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

AUSTRIA; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0033804906     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(00)01493-X     Document Type: Article

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