Improvement of pregnancy rate by modification of embryo transfer technique: A randomized clinical trial

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2424-2426

  Madani, Tahereh ^a   Ashrafi, Mahnaz ^a,b   Jahangiri, Nadia ^a   Abadi, Akram Bahman ^a   Lankarani, Narges ^a  

^a ROYAN INSTITUTE FOR REPRODUCTIVE BIOMEDICINE   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Embryo transfer technique; IVF ICSI; pregnancy rate

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; CALIBRATION; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UP-REGULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956184846     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.03.046     Document Type: Article

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