Implantation rates after in vitro fertilization and transfer of a maximum of two embryos that have undergone three to five days of culture

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 117-122

  Huisman, Gerritdina J ^a   Fauser, Bart C J M ^a   Eijkemans, Marinus J C ^a   Pieters, Math H E C ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Culture period; Human embryo; Implantation; In vitro fertilization

Indexed keywords

HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; TRIPTORELIN;

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIDATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; BLASTOCYST; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033962355     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(99)00458-6     Document Type: Article

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