Effect of using an echogenic catheter for ultrasound-guided embryo transfer in an IVF programme: A prospective, randomized, controlled study

Human Reproduction

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1809-1815

  Coroleu, Buenaventura ^a   Barri, Pedro N ^a   Carreras, Olga ^a   Belil, Itziar ^a   Buxaderas, Rosario ^a   Veiga, Anna ^a   Balasch, Juan ^b  

^a INSTITUT UNIVERSITARI DEXEUS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Catheter system; Embryo transfer; Implantation rates; IVF; Ultrasound guidance

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN AGONIST; LEUPRORELIN; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIDATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME; TWIN PREGNANCY;

EID: 33745822454     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/del045     Document Type: Article

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