Assessment of endocervical and endometrial damage inflicted by embryo transfer trial: A hysteroscopic evaluation

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 523-527

  Cevrioglu, Arif Serhan ^a   Esinler, Ibrahim ^b   Bozdag, Gurkan ^c   Yarali, Hakan ^c  

^a AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction; Embryo transfer; Endometrial damage; Endometrium; Hysteroscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATHETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERCEPTION; REPRODUCTIVE PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UTERINE CERVIX DISEASE; UTERINE ENDOCERVIX;

EID: 33749668123     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60640-2     Document Type: Article

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