Transabdominal ultrasound-assisted embryo transfer and pregnancy outcome

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 353-357

  Flisser, Eric ^a   Grifo, James A ^a   Krey, Lewis C ^a   Noyes, Nicole ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryo transfer; In vitro fertilization; Transabdominal ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NIDATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTERINE FUNDUS;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; CATHETERIZATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 31644435359     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.08.015     Document Type: Article

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