Evaluation of the embryo transfer protocol by a laboratory model of the uterus

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 485-493

  Eytan, Osnat ^a   Elad, David ^b   Jaffa, Ariel J ^a  

^a LIS MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

injection speed of embryo transfer; Mock ET; uterine laboratory model; uterine position

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; NIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERUS;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; UTERUS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 34447625821     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.11.127     Document Type: Article

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