Ultrasound-guided embryo transfer: Immediate withdrawal of the catheter versus a 30 second wait

Human Reproduction

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 871-874

  Martinez F ^a   Coroleu, B ^a   Parriego, M ^a   Carreras, O ^a   Belil, I ^a   Parera, N ^a   Hereter, L ^a   Buxaderas, R ^a   Barri, P N ^a  

^a INSTITUT UNIVERSITARI DEXEUS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Embryo transfer; IVF; Ultrasound guided; Uterine contractions; Wating time

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; LEUPRORELIN; NEOFERTINORM; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CATHETER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OOCYTE; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

EID: 0035005852     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/16.5.871     Document Type: Article

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