Reply: Endometrial scratching for women with repeated implantation failure

Human Reproduction

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2856-2857

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEEDING; DATA BASE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LETTER; LUTEAL PHASE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NIDATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TREATMENT FAILURE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; PROCEDURES; SURGERY;

EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIUM; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 84929506141     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deu258     Document Type: Letter

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