Embryo implantation in in vitro fertilization and intracytoplasmic sperm injection: Impact of cleavage status, morphology grade, and number of embryos transferred

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 679-685

  Hsu, Ming I ^a   Mayer, Jake ^a   Aronshon, Michael ^a   Lanzendorf, Susan ^a   Muasher, Suheil ^a   Kolm, Paul ^a   Oehninger, Sergio ^a  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Average cleavage status; ICSI; Implantation; IVF; Morphology score

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO GROWTH; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORPHOLOGY; NIDATION; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC;

EID: 0033215064     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(99)00320-9     Document Type: Article

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