Transfer of zona-free embryos improves outcome in poor prognosis patients: A prospective randomized controlled study

Human Reproduction

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1061-1064

  Mansour, R T ^a   Rhodes, C A ^a   Aboulghar, M A ^a   Serour, G I ^a   Kamal, A ^a  

^a Egyptian International Fertility IVF ET Center   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Acid Tyrode's; Hatching; ICSI; Poor prognosis; Zona free embryo transfer

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HATCHING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFERTILITY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0034017198     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/15.5.1061     Document Type: Article

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