Influence of advanced age on the blastocyst development rate and pregnancy rate assisted reproductive technology

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1144-1146

  Athanasiou, Vasilis ^a,b   Stefanidis, Konstantinos ^a   Stavrou, Dimitris ^b   Vaxevanoglou, Terpsi ^a,b   Chronopoulou, Margarita ^a,b  

^a Centre for Human Reproduction   (Greece)

^b MITERA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Advanced maternal age; Blastocyst; IVF; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; NIDATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; AGING; BLASTOCYST; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033151701     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(99)00121-1     Document Type: Article

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