Blastocyst stage transfer: Pitfalls and benefits. Is the success of human IVF more a matter of genetics and evolution than growing blastocysts?

Human Reproduction

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-4

  Edwards, R G ^a   Beard, Helen K ^a  

^a Moor Barns Farmhouse   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

BLASTOCYST; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO GROWTH; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EVOLUTION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN GENETICS; HUMAN TISSUE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OOCYTE; OVARY FUNCTION; PREGNANCY RATE; SHORT SURVEY; SPERMATOZOON;

EID: 0032951364     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/14.1.1     Document Type: Short Survey

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