Endometrial injury in women undergoing assisted reproductive techniques

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2015, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Nastri, Carolina O ^a   Lensen, Sarah F ^b   Gibreel, Ahmed ^c   Raine Fenning, Nick ^d   Ferriani, Rui A ^a   Bhattacharya, Siladitya ^e   Martins, Wellington P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e ABERDEEN MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ANALYSIS; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LIVE BIRTH; MEDICAL RESEARCH; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS BLEEDING; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ENDOMETRIUM; INJURIES; NIDATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROBABILITY; PROCEDURES; RISK; TIME;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVE BIRTH; ODDS RATIO; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; PROBABILITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84942788404     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD009517.pub3     Document Type: Review

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