Fertility and Sterility
Volume 82, Issue 5 , Pages 1369-1373 , November 2004

Predictive value of the presence of an embryonic heartbeat for live birth: Comparison of women with and without recurrent pregnancy loss

  • Jennifer S. Hyer, M.B.S.
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  • Shirley Fong, M.D.
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  • William H. Kutteh, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: William H. Kutteh, M.D., Ph.D., Reproductive Endocrinology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The University of Tennessee, Memphis, 80 Humphreys Center, Suite 307, Memphis, Tennessee 38120-2363 (FAX: 901-747-4446

Received 4 November 2003 ,Revised 29 March 2004 ,Accepted 29 March 2004.

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PII: S0015-0282(04)02226-5

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.03.058

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 82, Issue 5 , Pages 1369-1373 , November 2004

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