Relationship between the length of the uterine cavity and clinical pregnancy rates after in vitro fertilization or intracytoplasmic sperm injection

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 663-665

  Chun, Sang Sik ^a   Chung, Min Ji ^a   Chong, Gun Oh ^a   Park, Kee Sang ^a   Lee, Taek Hoo ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIDATION; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERUS CAVITY; UTERUS CAVITY LENGTH;

ADULT; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; UTERUS;

EID: 74449086694     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.08.067     Document Type: Article

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