European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
Volume 147, Issue 2 , Pages 183-186 , December 2009

Hysteroscopic evaluation of endocervical and endometrial lesions observed after different procedures of embryo transfer: A prospective comparative study

  • Christophe Poncelet

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, CHU Jean Verdier, AP-HP, Bondy, France
    • UFR SMBH Leonard de Vinci, Université Paris 13, Bobigny, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Pôle Femme et Enfant, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, CHU Jean Verdier, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Avenue du 14 Juillet, 93140 Bondy, France. Tel.: +33 148026856; fax: +33 148026860.
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  • Christophe Sifer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Reproductive Biology, CHU Jean Verdier, AP-HP, Bondy, France
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  • Delphine Hequet

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, CHU Jean Verdier, AP-HP, Bondy, France
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  • Raphael Porcher

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, CHU Saint-Louis, AP-HP, Paris, France
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  • Jean-Philippe Wolf

      Affiliations

    • Department of Reproductive Biology, CHU Jean Verdier, AP-HP, Bondy, France
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  • Michèle Uzan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, CHU Jean Verdier, AP-HP, Bondy, France
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  • Guillaume Ducarme

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, CHU Jean Verdier, AP-HP, Bondy, France

Received 16 January 2009 ,Revised 23 July 2009 ,Accepted 18 August 2009.

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PII: S0301-2115(09)00502-8

doi: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2009.08.013

European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
Volume 147, Issue 2 , Pages 183-186 , December 2009

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