Low ectopic pregnancy rates after in vitro fertilization: do practice habits matter?

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 734-736

  Keegan, Debbra A ^a   Morelli, Sara S ^a   Noyes, Nicole ^a   Flisser, Eric D ^a   Berkeley, Alan S ^a   Grifo, Jamie A ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE;

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UTERINE TUBE;

FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34548490995     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.11.169     Document Type: Article

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