Hysteroscopy in Women with Implantation Failures after In Vitro Fertilization: Findings and Effect on Subsequent Pregnancy Rates

Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 181-187

  Makrakis, Evangelos ^a   Hassiakos, Dimitrios ^a   Stathis, Dimitrios ^b   Vaxevanoglou, Terpsi ^b   Orfanoudaki, Eleni ^a   Pantos, Konstantinos ^b  

^a Embryo ART   (Greece)

^b Center for Human Reproduction   (Greece)

Author keywords

Clinical pregnancy; Hysteroscopy; Implantation failure; In vitro fertilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIDATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPY; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; TREATMENT FAILURE; UTERINE DISEASES;

EID: 68749087259     PISSN: 15534650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2008.12.016     Document Type: Article

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