Influence of endometrial thickness and pattern on pregnancy rates in in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer

Reproductive Medicine and Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 17-21

  Shibahara, Hiroaki ^a   Obara, Hiromi ^a   Hirano, Yuki ^a   Taneichi, Akiyo ^a   Suzuki, Tatsuya ^a   Takamizawa, Satoru ^a   Sato, Ikuo ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

endometrial pattern; endometrial thickness; in vitro fertilization; pregnancy rate

Indexed keywords

EID: 12444326702     PISSN: 14455781     EISSN: 14470578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1445-5781.2002.00002.x     Document Type: Article

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