Does assisted hatching improve implantation rates after in vitro fertilization or intracytoplasmic sperm injection in all patients? A prospective randomized study

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 19-22

  Hellebaut, Steven ^a   De Sutter, Paul ^a   Dozortsev, Dmitri ^a   Onghena, Alexandra ^a   Qian, Chen ^a   Dhont, Marc ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

assisted hatching; human embryo; implantation

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; GONADORELIN AGONIST; GOSERELIN; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; NORGESTREL; TRIPTORELIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HATCHING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIDATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERMATOZOA; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0030044763     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02068864     Document Type: Article

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