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Does the timing of mock embryo transfer affect in vitro fertilization implantation and pregnancy rates?

Katariya KO, Bates GW, Robinson RD, Arthur NJ, Propst AM

Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium, Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, Lackland AFB, Texas, USA. kkatariya@satx.rr.com

The timing of a mock embryo transfer does not affect in vitro fertilization implantation or pregnancy rates. Performing a mock embryo transfer at the time of oocyte retrieval, 3 to 5 days before embryo transfer, does not have a deleterious effect on the endometrium.

Published 9 November 2007 in Fertil Steril, 88(5): 1462-4.
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