Adenomyosis reduces pregnancy rates in infertile women undergoing IVF

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 273-277

  Salim, Rehan ^a   Riris, Solon ^a   Saab, Wael ^a   Abramov, Benjamin ^a   Khadum, Iffat ^a   Serhal, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adenomyosis; infertility; IVF; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN;

ADENOMYOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARIAN RESERVE; PREGNANCY RATE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADENOMYOSIS; ADULT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UTERUS;

EID: 84865799060     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2012.05.003     Document Type: Article

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