Outcome of assisted reproduction treatment in patients with endometrial thickness less than 7 mm

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 79-84

  Kumbak, Banu ^a   Erden, H F ^b   Tosun, S ^b   Akbas, H ^b   Ulug, U ^b   Bahceci M ^b  

^a Umut IVF Center   (Turkey)

^b German Hospital in Istanbul   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Endometrial thickness; ICSI; IVF; Miscarriage; Pregnancy; Thin endometrium

Indexed keywords

GONADOTROPIN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; DELIVERY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; THICKNESS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 58649112403     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60428-2     Document Type: Article

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