Post-embryo transfer interventions for assisted reproduction technology cycles

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2014, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Abou Setta, Ahmed M ^a   Peters, Leah R ^b   D'Angelo, Arianna ^c   Sallam, Hassan N ^d   Hart, Roger J ^e   Al Inany, Hesham G ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^f CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN GLUE; TISSUE ADHESIVE;

BED REST; BIRTH RATE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL OUTCOME; EMBRYO DEATH; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LIVE BIRTH; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PATIENT SAFETY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; FEMALE; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; NIDATION; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STATISTICS; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TIME;

BED REST; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FIBRIN TISSUE ADHESIVE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE ADHESIVES;

EID: 84907168844     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006567.pub3     Document Type: Review

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