Assessment of endometrial and subendometrial blood flow in women undergoing frozen embryo transfer cycles

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 343-351

  Nandi, Anupa ^a   Martins, Wellington P ^b   Jayaprakasan, Kannamannadiar ^c   Clewes, Jeanette S ^c   Campbell, Bruce K ^c   Raine Fenning, Nicholas J ^c  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

endometrial vascularity; frozen embryo replacement; frozen embryo transfer; frozen thawed embryo transfer; sub endometrial blood flow; three dimensional power Doppler

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; GESTAGEN;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIAL BLOOD FLOW; ENDOMETRIAL THICKNESS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FROZEN THAWED EMBRYO TRANSFER; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; SUBENDOMETRIAL BLOOD FLOW; VASCULARIZATION;

ENDOMETRIAL VASCULARITY; FROZEN EMBRYO REPLACEMENT; FROZEN EMBRYO TRANSFER; FROZEN-THAWED EMBRYO TRANSFER; SUB ENDOMETRIAL BLOOD FLOW; THREE-DIMENSIONAL POWER DOPPLER;

ANGIOGRAPHY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROGESTINS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 84895503809     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2013.11.004     Document Type: Article

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