Uterine cavity findings and hysteroscopic interventions in patients undergoing in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer who repeatedly cannot conceive

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1371-1375

  Oliveira, Flávio G ^a   Abdelmassih, Vicente G ^a   Diamond, Michael P ^b   Dozortsev, Dimitri ^a   Nagy, Zsolt P ^a,b   Abdelmassih, Roger ^a  

^a Clin Ctro Pesquisa Em R   (Brazil)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryo quality; Hysteroscopy; Implantation failure; IVF ET

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; HYSTEROSCOPY; INFERTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; UTERUS CAVITY;

EID: 0347480532     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2003.05.003     Document Type: Article

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