Development and integration of an extended embryo culture program

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 418-422

  Patton, Phillip E ^a   Sadler Fredd, Karen ^a   Burry, Kenneth A ^a   Gorrill, Marsha J ^a   Johnson, Aron ^a   Larson, Janine M ^a   Wolf, Don P ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; IVF; Multiple pregnancy; Sequential media

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BLASTOCYST; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033199514     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(99)00294-0     Document Type: Article

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