Embryo transfer: Techniques and variables affecting success

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 863-870

  Schoolcraft, William B ^a   Surrey, Eric S ^a   Gardner, David K ^a  

^a National Foundation for Fertility Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Catheter; Embryo transfer; Implantation; Uterine contractions; Utrasonographic guidance

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BED REST; BLASTOCYST; CATHETER; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIUM; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MATERIALS; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE TUBE PREGNANCY; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

BLASTOCYST; BLOOD PHYSIOLOGY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUCUS; PREGNANCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

EID: 0034753802     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(01)02731-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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