Early embryo cleavage is a strong indicator of embryo quality in human IVF

Human Reproduction

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 2652-2657

  Lundin, K ^a,b   Bergh, C ^a   Hardarson, T ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Center for Software Engineering   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Early cleavage; Embryo quality; Good quality embryos; IVF; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BIRTH RATE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMBRYO; EMBRYO (ANATOMY); EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MITOSIS; NIDATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 0035654936     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/16.12.2652     Document Type: Article

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