Double (consecutive) transfer of early embryos and blastocysts: Aims and results

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 936-940

  Ashkenazi, Jacob ^a   Yoeli, Rakefet ^a   Orvieto, Raoul ^a   Shalev, Josef ^a   Ben Rafael, Zion ^a   Bar Hava, Itai ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Consecutive embryo transfer; Implantation rate; In vitro fertilization; Pregnancy rate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIDATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BLASTOCYST; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE;

EID: 0033759366     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(00)01549-1     Document Type: Article

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