Endometrial biopsy should be abandoned as a routine component of the infertility evaluation

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1297-1298

  Kazer, Ralph R ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

BASAL BODY TEMPERATURE; BREAST FEEDING; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; FEMALE STERILITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPY; LUTEAL PHASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 7944234479     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.05.080     Document Type: Article

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