Biofluid aspects of embryo transfer

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1255-1262

  Yaniv, Sarit ^a   Elad, David ^a   Jaffa, Ariel J ^a,b   Eytan, Osnat ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b LIS MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Catheter; Embryo implantation; Embryo transport; Peristaltic flow; Uterine contractions

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; CATHETERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GYNECOLOGY; OBSTETRICS;

ECTOPIC PREGNANCIES; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EXTRACORPORAL FERTILIZATION; PERISTALTIC FLOW; UTERINE CAVITY; UTERINE CONTRACTIONS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY FLUID; CATHETERIZATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FLOW KINETICS; FLUID SHIFT; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); OSCILLOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; UTERUS; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BODY FLUIDS; CATHETERIZATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FLUID SHIFTS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; OSCILLOMETRY; RHEOLOGY; UTERINE CONTRACTION; UTERUS;

EID: 0346335563     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1114/1.1615575     Document Type: Article

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