Worldwide survey of IVF practices: Trigger, retrieval and embryo transfer techniques

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 290, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 561-568

  Tobler, Kyle J ^a   Zhao, Yulian ^a   Weissman, Ariel ^b   Majumdar, Abha ^c   Leong, Milton ^d   Shoham, Zeev ^e,f  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c SIR GANGA RAM HOSPITAL   (India)

^d HONG KONG SANATORIUM AND HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^e KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^f HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Embryo transfer; In vitro fertilization; Oocyte retrieval; Survey

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OVULATION INDUCTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCTIVE CONTROL AGENTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84905913692     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: 14320711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-014-3232-6     Document Type: Article

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