Impact of transabdominal ultrasound guidance on performance and outcome of transcervical uterine embryo transfer

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 318-322

  Mirkin, Sebastian ^a   Jones, Estella L ^a   Mayer, Jacob F ^a   Stadtmauer, Laurel ^a   Gibbons, William E ^a   Oehninger, Sergio ^a  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Catheter; Embryo transfer; IVF; Pregnancy rate; Ultrasound guidance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATHETER; ECHOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NIDATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERFORMANCE; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0042929504     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024809607966     Document Type: Article

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