Optimizing the technique of embryo transfer

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 785-790

  Mains, Lindsay ^a   Van Voorhis, Bradley J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryo transfer technique; IVF; trial transfer; ultrasound guidance

Indexed keywords

CATHETER; EMBRYO TRANSFER; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MEDLINE; PATIENT CARE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SECOND LOOK SURGERY; TOUCH; ULTRASOUND; URETHRAL CATHETER; URETHRAL CATHETERIZATION; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS;

EID: 77955568796     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.03.030     Document Type: Article

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