Sex ratio and birth weights of infants born as a result of blastocyst transfers compared with early cleavage stage embryo transfers

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 688-693

  Kausche, Annette ^a   Jones, Gayle M ^a,c   Trounson, Alan O ^a   Figueiredo, Fatima ^a   MacLachlan, Vivien ^b   Lolatgis, Nick ^b  

^a HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b MONASH IVF   (Australia)

^c MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Birth weights; Blastocyst transfer; Early cleavage stage embryos; IVF outcomes; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; CALCULATION; CELL TRANSFER; CHILDBIRTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS GROWTH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEW ZEALAND; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX RATIO;

EID: 0034814578     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(01)02010-6     Document Type: Article

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