Role of embryo transfer in fellowship training

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1014-1015

  Wittenberger, Michael D ^a,b   Catherino, William H ^a,b   Armstrong, Alicia Y ^a,b  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKILL;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; OBSTETRICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34848883633     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.12.086     Document Type: Article

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