Optimal timing of ultrasonographic and Doppler evaluation of uterine receptivity to implantation

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 368-375

  Dechaud, Herve ^a   Bessueille, Emmanuelle ^a   Bousquet, Philippe Jean ^a   Reyftmann, Lionel ^a   Hamamah, Samir ^a   Hedon, Bernard ^a  

^a HÔPITAL ARNAUD DE VILLENEUVE   (France)

Author keywords

1VF; Doppler; Embryo implantation; Endometrium; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DECAPEPTYL LP 3; ESTRADIOL; GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; PROGESTERONE; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIUM; EVENING DOSAGE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIDATION; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY RATE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 41049106571     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60598-6     Document Type: Article

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