Firm embryo transfer catheters for assisted reproduction: A systematic review and meta-analysis using direct and adjusted indirect comparisons

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 191-198

  Abou Setta, Ahmed ^a  

^a The Egyptian IVF Center   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Embryo transfer; Embryo transfer catheter; Embryo transfer technique; Randomized controlled trials(s)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EMBASE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY RATE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33144457513     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60860-7     Document Type: Article

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