Scratching beneath 'the Scratching Case': Systematic reviews and metaanalyses, the back door for evidencebased medicine

Human Reproduction

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1618-1621

  Simón, Carlos ^a,b   Bellver, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Endometrial receptivity; Endometrial scratching; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ENDOMETRIAL DISEASE; ENDOMETRIAL SCRATCHING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; META ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; BIOPSY; CURETTAGE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NIDATION; PROCEDURES; SURGERY;

BIOPSY; CURETTAGE; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIUM; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84904323979     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deu126     Document Type: Review

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