Air bubble migration is a random event post embryo transfer

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 223-226

  Confino, E ^a   Zhang, J ^a   Risquez, F ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Centro Medico Docente La Trinidad   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Air bubble migration; Embryo transfer

Indexed keywords

AIR ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND; UTERUS CAVITY;

AIR; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; MOVEMENT; POSTURE; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

EID: 34547627671     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-007-9120-2     Document Type: Article

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