Similar delivery rates in a selected group of patients, for day 2 and day 5 embryos both cultured in sequential medium: A randomized study

Human Reproduction

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2145-2150

  Emiliani, Serena ^a   Delbaere, Anne ^a   Vannin, Anne Sophie ^a   Biramine, Jamila ^a   Verdoodt, Miranda ^a   Englert, Yvon ^a   Devreker, Fabienne ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Blastocyst culture; Embryo transfer; IVF; Sequential media

Indexed keywords

BUSERELIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DELIVERY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO (ANATOMY); EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NIDATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ZYGOTE;

EID: 0142062966     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deg394     Document Type: Article

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