Ultrasound and the receptivity of the endometrium

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 63-67

  Killick, Stephen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Implantation; Junctional zone contraction; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

DICLOFENAC; ISOSORBIDE; PROGESTERONE; ROFECOXIB;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; ENDOMETRIUM; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GYNECOLOGICAL RADIOGRAPHY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; OVULATION; SPASMOLYSIS; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW; UTERUS CONTRACTION; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 34547488471     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60693-1     Document Type: Article

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