Removal of cervical mucus: Effect on pregnancy rates in IVF/ICSI

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 310-315

  Visschers, Bianca A J T ^a   Bots, R S G M ^b   Peeters, M F ^b   Mol, B W J ^c,d   van Dessel, H J H M ^a,b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b CPRLab   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d MÁXIMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cervical mucus; Embryo transfer; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; LEUPRORELIN; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LIVE BIRTH; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS;

EID: 34548736076     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60344-6     Document Type: Article

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