A glance into the uterus during in vitro simulation on embryo transfer

Human Reproduction

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 562-569

  Eytan, Osnat ^a   Elad, David ^b   Zaretsky, Uri ^b   Jaffa, Ariel J ^a  

^a LIS MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Catheter loading; Laboratory model; Mock embryo transfer; Transferred matter

Indexed keywords

AIR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CAMERA; CATHETER; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FLUID TRANSPORT; IN VITRO STUDY; INJECTION; LIQUID CULTURE; NIDATION; RECORDING; SIMULATION; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERUS; UTERUS CAVITY; UTERUS FLUID; VIDEORECORDING; VISCOSITY; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 1542397703     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deh138     Document Type: Article

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