Blastocyst culture and transfer increases the efficiency of oocyte donation

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 482-486

  Schoolcraft, William B ^a   Gardner, David K ^a  

^a National Foundation for Fertility Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryo culture; Implantation; IVF; Sequential media; Viability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIDATION; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033834676     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(00)00685-3     Document Type: Article

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