Factors affecting success in an embryo cryopreservation programme

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 260-265

  Loh, S K E ^a   Leong, N K Y ^a  

^a KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Frozen embryo; Hormone Replacement; In vitro fertilization; Natural cycle; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL VALERATE; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CRYOPRESERVATION; DRUG EFFECT; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVULATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; ESTROGENS, CONJUGATED (USP); FEMALE; HUMANS; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVULATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033090693     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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