Ultrasound guidance during embryo transfer: a prospective, single-operator, randomized, controlled trial

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1187-1190

  Eskandar, Mamdoh ^a   Abou Setta, Ahmed M ^b   Almushait, Mona A ^a   El Amin, Mohamed ^c   Mohmad, Saria E Y ^c  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Private Clinic   (Egypt)

^c Saudi Center for Assisted Reproduction   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

clinical touch; embryo transfer; IVF; randomized controlled trial; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LIVE BIRTH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 53149089838     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.07.1344     Document Type: Article

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