Pregnancy rates after communal growth of preimplantation human embryos in vitro

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 394-397

  Almagor, M ^a   Bejar, C ^a   Kafka, I ^a   Yaffe, H ^a  

^a BIKUR CHOLIM HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Communal growth; IVF; pregnancy potential; preimplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY RATE; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0030449234     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0015-0282(16)58507-0     Document Type: Article

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