The position of transferred air bubbles after embryo transfer is related to pregnancy rate

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 68-73

  Lambers, Marieke J ^a   Dogan, Erbil ^b   Lens, Jan Willem ^a   Schats, Roel ^a   Hompes, Peter G A ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

air bubble position; Embryo transfer; IVF; pregnancy rate; ultrasonographic guidance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UTERUS;

ADULT; AIR; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 34347238611     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.11.085     Document Type: Article

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