Adherence compounds in embryo transfer media for assisted reproductive technologies

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2014, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Bontekoe, Stephan ^a   Heineman, Maas Jan ^a   Johnson, Neil ^b   Blake, Debbie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Neil Johnson Gynaecology Clinic   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN GLUE; HYALURONIC ACID; TISSUE ADHESIVE;

CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LIVE BIRTH; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLICY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFECT; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NIDATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

CULTURE MEDIA; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; FIBRIN TISSUE ADHESIVE; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; LIVE BIRTH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; TISSUE ADHESIVES;

EID: 84902380076     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007421.pub3     Document Type: Review

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