Comparison of G1.2/G2.2 and Sydney IVF cleavage/blastocyst sequential media for the culture of human embryos: a prospective, randomized, comparative study

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1023-1031

  Van Langendonckt, Anne ^a   Demylle, Dominique ^a   Wyns, Christine ^a   Nisolle, Michelle ^a   Donnez, Jacques ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Human embryo culture; Implantation rate; IVF; Sequential culture medium

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

ADULT; BLASTOCYST; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMPLANTATION; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; BLASTOCYST; CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; CULTURE MEDIA; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; KINETICS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034765102     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(01)02854-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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