Zona thinning with noncontact diode laser in patients aged ≤37 years with no previous failure of implantation: A prospective randomized study

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 557-560

  Baruffi, Ricardo L R ^a   Mauri, Ana L ^a   Petersen, Claudia G ^a   Ferreira, Rita C ^a   Coelho, Joaquim ^a   Franco Jr , Joseé G ^a,b  

^a Sinha Junqueira Maternity Foundation   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RIBEIRÃO PRETO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Assisted hatching; Implantation; Intracytoplasmic sperm injection; Laser; Pregnancy; Zona thinning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIODE LASER; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METAPHASE; NIDATION; OOCYTE; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ADULT; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0034513547     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026481729632     Document Type: Article

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