Comparison of blastocyst transfer with day 3 embryo transfer in similar patient populations

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 126-129

  Milki, Amin A ^a   Hinckley, Mary D ^a   Fisch, Jeffrey D ^a   Dasig, Daniel ^a   Behr, Barry ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Embryo transfer; Implantation rates; IVF; Multiple gestation; Pregnancy; Sequential media

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIDATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BLASTOCYST; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033985315     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(99)00485-9     Document Type: Article

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