Predictive value of 72-hour blastomere cell number on blastocyst development and success of subsequent transfer based on the degree of blastocyst development

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 582-586

  Shapiro, Bruce S ^a   Harris, Dee C ^a,b   Richter, Kevin S ^a,b  

^a Fertility Center Las Vegas   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blastocyst expansion; Blastocyst transfer; Implantation rate; In vitro fertilization; Predictive value of embryo morphology; Pregnancy rate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; BLASTOMERE; CELL COUNT; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BLASTOCYST; BLASTOMERES; CELL COUNT; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033954805     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(99)00586-5     Document Type: Article

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