The impact of assisted hatching on live birth rates and outcomes of assisted conception: A systematic review

Human Reproduction

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1828-1835

  Edi Osagie, Edmond ^a   Hooper, Lee ^b   Seif, Mourad W ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY DENTAL HOSPITAL OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assisted hatching; IVF; Meta analysis; Randomized controlled trials; Systemic review

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; BIRTH RATE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBASE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HATCHING; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; NIDATION; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0041761963     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deg334     Document Type: Article

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