Day-specific probabilities of conception in fertile cycles resulting in spontaneous pregnancies

Human Reproduction

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1110-1116

  Stirnemann, Julien J ^a,b   Samson, Adeline ^b   Bernard, Jean Pierre ^a,c   Thalabard, Jean Christophe ^b,d  

^a HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c Centre Euro een de Diagnostic et d'Exploration de la Femme CEDEF   (France)

^d HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

Author keywords

early pregnancy; fertile window; measurement error; timing of conception; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CONCEPTION; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; PARTHENOGENESIS; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL SCREENING; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 84875584886     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/des449     Document Type: Article

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