Successful pregnancy resulting from cryopreserved pronuclear and cleaved embryos thawed and cultured to blastocysts, refrozen and transferred: A case report

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 46-48

  Estes, Stephanie J ^a   Laky, Donna C ^a   Hoover, Linda M ^a   Smith, Scott E ^a   Schinfeld, Jay S ^a   Somkuti, Stephen G ^a  

^a Abington Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Cryopreservation; Embryo transfer; Fertilization, in vitro

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CASE REPORT; CELL CULTURE; CELL MATURATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; DELIVERY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THAWING;

ADULT; BLASTOCYST; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0037244193     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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