Uterine receptivity and the two and three dimensions of ultrasound

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 695-698

  Ledee N ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NIDATION; NOTE; OVULATION; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASOUND; UTERINE CERVIX;

EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PREGNANCY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; UTERUS;

EID: 29144468090     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.2659     Document Type: Note

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