Characterization of the uterine junctional zone prior to IVF/ICSI: An observational study

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 281, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 945-953

  Kunz, Georg ^a   Beil, Dolores ^b  

^a ST JOHANNES HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adenomyosis; Endometriosis; Junctional zone; Magnetic resonance imaging; Sterility

Indexed keywords

DECAPEPTY DEPOT; FOLLITROPIN; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TRIPTORELIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUMULUS OOPHORUS; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICULAR PHASE; GERMINAL VESICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METAPHASE; MYOMETRIUM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OOCYTE; PREGNANCY RATE; UTERUS;

ADULT; BLASTOCYST; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; METAPHASE; MYOMETRIUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950629249     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-009-1285-8     Document Type: Article

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