Atypical hatching of a human blastocyst leading to monozygotic twinning: A case report

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1047-1050

  Van Langendonckt, A ^a   Wyns, C ^a   Godin, P A ^a   Toussaint Demylle, D ^a   Donnez, J ^a,b  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^b Dept of Gynecol IVF U   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Atypical hatching; Embryo transfer; In vitro fertilization; Monozygotic twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CASE REPORT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HATCHING; HUMAN; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE TUBE STERILIZATION;

ADULT; BLASTOCYST; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0033759939     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(00)01554-5     Document Type: Article

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4. Early embryology and placentation
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