Uterine position at real embryo transfer compared with mock embryo transfer

Human Reproduction

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 570-572

  Henne, M B ^a   Milki, A A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryo transfer; IVF; Ultrasound uterine position

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; AWARENESS; BLADDER; CATHETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FREEZING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THAWING; UTERUS;

EID: 1542712342     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deh116     Document Type: Review

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