The correlation between endometrial thickness and outcome of in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer (IVF-ET) outcome

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Al Ghamdi, Ahlam ^a   Coskun, Serdar ^a   Al Hassan, Saad ^a   Al Rejjal, Rafat ^a   Awartani, Khalid ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; MENEGON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; PREGNANCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; COHORT STUDIES; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 52449094449     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-6-37     Document Type: Article

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