Live birth of a normal healthy baby after a frozen embryo transfer with blastocysts that were frozen and thawed twice

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 198-200

  Smith, L Keith ^a   Roots, Ellen H ^a   Dorsett, M Janelle Odom ^a  

^a The Center for Reproductive Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

blastocysts; Cryopreservation; FET; frozen embryo transfer; refrozen

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BLASTOCYST; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FREEZING; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THAWING;

ADULT; BLASTOCYST; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 11844277104     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.07.953     Document Type: Article

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