The usefulness of ultrasound guidance in frozen-thawed embryo transfer: A prospective randomized clinical trial

Human Reproduction

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2885-2890

  Coroleu, Buenaventura ^a   Barri, Pedro N ^a   Carreras, Olga ^a   Martinez, Francisca ^a   Veiga, Anna ^a   Balasch, Juan ^b  

^a INSTITUT UNIVERSITARI DEXEUS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Embryo transfer; Frozen thawed embryos; Implantation rates; IVF; Ultrasound guided embryo transfer

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL VALERATE; ESTROGEN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; PROGESTERONE; STEROID HORMONE; TRIPTORELIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FREEZING; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; IMPLANTATION; INFERTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THAWING; NIDATION; PREGNANCY; RETREATMENT;

ADULT; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGESTERONE; RETREATMENT; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036852870     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/17.11.2885     Document Type: Article

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