Embryo transfer after 2 or 5 days of IVF culture: A retrospective comparison

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 126-132

  Lundqvist, Monalill ^a   Rova, Karin ^a   Simberg, Niklas ^a   Lundkvist, Örjan ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; ET; Implantation rate; IVF; Pregnancy rate

Indexed keywords

BUSERELIN ACETATE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; PROGESTERONE; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; UROFOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MORPHOLOGY; MORULA; NIDATION; OOCYTE; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TWIN PREGNANCY;

BLASTOCYST; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036127431     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0412.2002.810207.x     Document Type: Article

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