A prospective randomized study comparing the outcome of in-vitro fertilization and embryo transfer following culture of human embryos individually or in groups before embryo transfer on day 2

Human Reproduction

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 76-79

  Spyropoulou, Isabella ^a   Karamalegos, Christos ^b   Bolton, Virginia N ^b  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Co culture; Embryo; IVF; Morphology; Pregnancy rate

Indexed keywords

GONADOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OOCYTE; PREGNANCY; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032951365     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/14.1.76     Document Type: Article

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