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Measurement of endometrial volume increase during the first week after embryo transfer by three-dimensional ultrasound to detect pregnancy: a preliminary study.

Martins WD, Ferriani RA, Nastri CO, Maria Dos Reis R, Filho FM

Departamento de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia da Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Ultra-sonografia de Ribeirão Preto, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil.

Endometrial volume and thickness were measured in 20 women undergoing in vitro fertilization on the day before the embryo transfer and one week later by three-dimensional ultrasound. The endometrial volume increase was higher in the 8 pregnant women (0.70 cm(3) at least) than in the 12 nonpregnant women (0.21 cm(3) at most).

Published 20 September 2007 in Fertil Steril.
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