Comparison of blastocyst transfer to day 3 transfer with assisted hatching in the older patient

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1244-1247

  Milki, Amin A ^a   Hinckley, Mary D ^a   Behr, Barry ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Assisted hatching; Blastocyst transfer; Cryopreservation; Extended culture; IVF; Older patients

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HATCHING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MITOSIS INHIBITION; OOCYTE; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGING; BLASTOCYST; BLASTULA; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036905450     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(02)04273-5     Document Type: Article

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