Minimizing embryo expulsion after embryo transfer: A randomized controlled study

Human Reproduction

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 170-174

  Mansour, Ragaa ^a  

^a EGYPTIAN IVF ET CENTER   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Embryo transfer technique; ICSI; Implantation rate; IVF; Pregnancy rate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIDATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRESSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UTERINE CERVIX; VAGINA;

EID: 12444259800     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deh573     Document Type: Article

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