Comparison of the sex ratio with blastocyst transfer and cleavage stage transfer

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 323-326

  Milki, Amin A ^a   Jun, Sunny H ^a   Hinckley, Mary D ^a   Westphal, Lynn W ^a   Giudice, Linda C ^a   Behr, Barry ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blastocyst transfer; Cleavage stage transfer; IVF; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

BLASTOCYTE; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; UNITED STATES;

BLASTOCYST; CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX RATIO;

EID: 0042428771     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024861624805     Document Type: Conference Paper

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