Abdominal ultrasound-guided embryo transfer improves clinical pregnancy rates after in vitro fertilization: Experiences from 330 clinical investigations

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-8

  Li, Rong ^a   Lu, Lihua ^a   Hao, Guiqin ^a   Zhong, Kai ^a   Cai, Zhiming ^a   Wang, Wei ^a,b,c,d  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Implantation rate; In vitro fertilization; Pregnancy rate; Ultrasound guided embryo transfer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIDATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 17644424288     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-005-0813-0     Document Type: Article

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