Ultrasound-guided embryo transfer and the accuracy of trial embryo transfer

Human Reproduction

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 709-716

  Shamonki, Mousa I ^a   Spandorfer, Steven D ^a   Rosenwaks, Zev ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryo transfer; IVF; Pregnancy; Trial transfer; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; GANIRELIX; LEUPRORELIN;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; NIDATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 15844369796     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deh546     Document Type: Article

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