Ongoing normal pregnancy after transfer of zona-free blastocysts: Implications for embryo transfer in the human

Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 557-560

  Fong, Chui Yee ^a   Bongso, Ariff ^a   Ng, Soon Chye ^a   Anandakumar, Chinniah ^a   Trounson, Alan ^b   Ratnam, Shan ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blastocyst transfer; Co culture; IVF; Pregnancy; Zona free blastocysts

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRIOL; PRONASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CASE REPORT; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; NIDATION; PREGNANCY; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0030990314     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/12.3.557     Document Type: Article

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