Day 3 versus day 5 embryo transfer: A prospective randomized study

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 98-104

  Bungum, Mona ^a   Bungum, L ^a   Humaidan, P ^a   Andersen, C Yding ^b  

^a SKIVE REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Culture; Embryo; IVF; Sequential media; Transfer

Indexed keywords

BUSERELIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEATH; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIDATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME; TWIN PREGNANCY;

EID: 0038487112     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)61736-1     Document Type: Article

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