Recurrent implantation failure in assisted reproduction: How to counsel and manage. A. General considerations and treatment options that may benefit the couple

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 371-381

  Urman, Bulent ^a,b   Yakin, Kayhan ^a   Balaban, Basak ^a  

^a AMERICAN HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction; Embryo transfer; Endometriosis; Fibroids; Hysteroscopy; Implantation failure

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; GONADOTROPIN;

DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIAL DISEASE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; HYDROSALPINX; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; HYSTEROSCOPY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; NIDATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PATIENT COUNSELING; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT FAILURE; UTERINE TUBE DISEASE; UTERUS MYOMA;

EID: 24644435635     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60846-2     Document Type: Review

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