The outcomes of hysteroscopy in women with implantation failures after in-vitro fertilization: Findings and effect on subsequent pregnancy rates

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 339-343

  Makrakis, Evangelos ^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

CLINICAL TRIAL; ENDOMETRIUM POLYP; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; IMPLANTATION FAILURE; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MYOMA; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS CAVITY; FEMALE; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; TREATMENT FAILURE; UTERINE DISEASES;

FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; TREATMENT FAILURE; UTERINE DISEASES;

EID: 77954656365     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GCO.0b013e32833beaa3     Document Type: Review

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