Endometrial pattern, thickness and growth in predicting pregnancy outcome following 3319 IVF cycle

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 291-298

  Zhao, Jing ^a   Zhang, Qiong ^a   Wang, Yonggang ^a   Li, Yanping ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Endometrial growth; Endometrial pattern; Endometrial thickness; Pregnancy rate; Transvaginal ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; GONADOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIAL GROWTH; ENDOMETRIAL PATTERN; ENDOMETRIAL THICKNESS; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PREGNANT WOMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84926212941     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2014.05.011     Document Type: Article

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