A comparison of four different techniques of assisted hatching

Human Reproduction

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1239-1243

  Balaban, Basak ^a   Urman, Bulent ^a   Alatas, Cengiz ^a   Mercan, Ramazan ^a   Mumcu, Alper ^a   Isiklar, Aycan ^a  

^a AMERICAN HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Assisted hatching; Implantation; IVF

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ABORTION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIODE LASER; DISSECTION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIDATION; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0036109762     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/17.5.1239     Document Type: Article

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