Fertility and Sterility
Volume 87, Issue 6 , Pages 1322-1326 , June 2007

Bed rest after embryo transfer: a randomized controlled trial

  • Karen J. Purcell, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Fertility Physicians of Northern California, San Jose, California
    • Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Karen Purcell, M.D., Ph.D., Fertility Physicians of Northern California, 2581 Samaritan Dr., Suite 302, San Jose, CA 95124 (FAX: 408-907-0950).
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  • Michael Schembri, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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  • Tracey L. Telles, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
    • ,
  • Victor Y. Fujimoto, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
    • ,
  • Marcelle I. Cedars, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California

Received 18 May 2006 ,Revised 3 October 2006 ,Accepted 15 November 2006.

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 Supported by Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, UCSF, San Francisco, CA 94115.

PII: S0015-0282(06)04531-6

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.11.060

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 87, Issue 6 , Pages 1322-1326 , June 2007

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