Selective transfer of cryopreserved human embryos with further cleavage after thawing increases delivery and implantation rates

Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1513-1521

  Van der Elst, J ^b   Van den Abbeel, E ^a   Vitrier, S ^a   Camus, M ^a   Devroey, P ^a   Van Steirteghem, A C ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cleavage rate; Cryopreservation; Delivery; Embryo; Implantation

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CRYOPRESERVATION; DELIVERY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIDATION; THAWING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 187;

EID: 0030754688     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/12.7.1513     Document Type: Article

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