Assisted hatching increases the implantation and pregnancy rate of in vitro fertilization (IVF)-embryo transfer (ET), but not that of IVF-tubal ET in patients with repeated IVF failures

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 904-908

  Chao, Kuang Han ^a   Wu, Ming Yih ^a   Chen, Shee Uan ^a   Yang, Yu Shih ^a   Chen, Hsin Fu ^a   Ho, Hong Nerng ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Assisted hatching; implantation rate; pregnancy rate; repeated in vitro fertilization failures

Indexed keywords

BUSERELIN ACETATE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; UROFOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GAMETE INTRAFALLOPIAN TRANSFER; HATCHING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIDATION; OOCYTE DONATION; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0342981797     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(97)81404-5     Document Type: Article

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