Implantation failures: Success of assisted hatching with quarter-laser zona thinning

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 224-229

  Petersen, Cláudia G ^a   Mauri, A L ^a   Baruffi, R L ^a   Oliveira, J B A ^a   Massaro, F C ^a   Elder, K ^b   Franco Jr , J G ^a,c  

^a Sinha Junqueira Matern Found   (Brazil)

^b Bourn Hall Clinic ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Implantation failure; Quarter laser zona thinning and assisted hatching

Indexed keywords

NAFARELIN ACETATE; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LASER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIDATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUARTER LASER ZONA THINNING ASSISTED HATCHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT PLANNING; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 13844291256     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60944-3     Document Type: Article

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