Air in the transfer catheter does not affect the success of embryo transfer

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1366-1370

  Moreno, Vicenta ^a   Balasch, Juan ^a,b   Vidal, Ester ^a   Calafell, Josep M ^a   Cívico, Salvadora ^a   Vanrell, Juan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Embryo transfer; IVF; loading of transfer catheter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; CATHETER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE INFERTILITY; NIDATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYRINGE;

AIR; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC;

EID: 2342462244     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2003.09.060     Document Type: Article

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