To blastocyst or not to blastocyst? That is the question

Human Reproduction

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 617-619

  Alper, Michael M ^a   Brinsden, Peter ^b   Fischer, Robert ^c   Wikland, Matts ^d  

^a BOSTON IVF   (United States)

^b Bourn Hall ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c Fertility Center Hamburg   (Germany)

^d Fertility Center   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Cryopreservation; IVF; Transfer

Indexed keywords

BLASTOCYST; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEALTH CARE COST; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MORPHOLOGY; MOSAICISM; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NIDATION; NOTE; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TWIN PREGNANCY;

EID: 0035075227     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/16.4.617     Document Type: Note

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