Increased endometrial thickness is associated with improved treatment outcome for selected patients undergoing in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 336-340

  Zhang, Xingqi ^a,c   Chen, Chi Huang ^b   Confino, Edmond ^a   Barnes, Randall ^a   Milad, Magdy ^a   Kazer, Ralph R ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryo quality; Endometrial thickness; Patient age; Pregnancy rates

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E2;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS HEART; HEALTH CENTER; HEART CONTRACTION; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; OOCYTE; OVARY FUNCTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THICKNESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 13544258841     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.09.020     Document Type: Article

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