High implantation and pregnancy rates with transfer of human blastocysts developed in preimplantation stage one and blastocyst media

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 659-663

  Alves Da Motta, Eduardo Leme ^a   Alegretti, José Roberto ^a   Baracat, Edmundo C ^b   Olive, David ^c   Serafini, Paulo C ^a,b,c  

^a Huntington Centro de Medicina Reprodutiva   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Blastocyst medium; Embryo transfer; Implantation rates; In vitro embryo development; Pregnancy rates

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MALE; NIDATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLASTOCYST; CULTURE MEDIA; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031723570     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(98)00263-5     Document Type: Article

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