Uterine junctional zone contractions during assisted reproduction cycles. VIDEO

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 440-445

  Lesny, P ^a,b   Killick, S R ^a,b   Tetlow, R L ^a   Robinson, J ^a,b   Maguiness, S D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b PRINCESS ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

In vitro fertilization and embryo transfer; Transvaginal ultrasound; Uterine junctional zone contractions

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; COMPUTER SYSTEM; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OOCYTE DONATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ADULT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; OVULATION INDUCTION; SUPEROVULATION; UTERINE CONTRACTION; UTERUS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 7844241914     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/4.4.440     Document Type: Article

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