Fertility and Sterility
Volume 88, Issue 1 , Pages 74-81 , July 2007

Changes in measured endometrial thickness predict in vitro fertilization success

  • Grant D.E. McWilliams, D.O.

      Affiliations

    • Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii
    • ,
  • John L. Frattarelli, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Reproductive Medicine Associates of New Jersey, Somerset, New Jersey
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: John L. Frattarelli, M.D, Reproductive Medicine Associates of New Jersey, 100 Franklin Square Drive, Suite 200, Somerset NJ 08873 (FAX: 732-537-0134).

Received 9 April 2006 ,Revised 17 November 2006 ,Accepted 17 November 2006.

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 This study was supported by the Department of Clinical Investigation at Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, HI.

 The views expressed in this manuscript are those of the investigators, and do not reflect the official policy or position of the Department of the Army, Department of Defense, or the U. S. Government.

PII: S0015-0282(06)04546-8

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.11.089

Fertility and Sterility
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