Impact of different embryo loading techniques on pregnancy rates in in vitro fertlizaton/embryo transfer cycles

Journal of Human Reproductive Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 65-69

  Halvaei, Iman ^a   Khalili, Mohammad Ali ^a   Razi, Mohammad H ^a   Agha Rahimi, Azam ^a   Nottola, Stefania A ^b  

^a SHAHID SADOUGHI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Embryo loading technique; embryo transfer; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EMBRYO LOADING; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

EID: 84878939186     PISSN: 09741208     EISSN: 19984766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-1208.112385     Document Type: Article

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