Is what we clearly see really so obvious? Ultrasonography and transcervical embryo transfer-a review

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-5

  Flisser, Eric ^a   Grifo, Jamie A ^a  

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

Author keywords

embryo transfer; in vitro fertilization; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

BLADDER DISTENSION; BLEEDING; CATHETER; ECHOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIUM; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UTERINE FUNDUS; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 33845745316     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.06.017     Document Type: Review

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