Pregnancy resulting from transfer of repeat vitrified blastocysts produced by in-vitro matured oocytes in patient with polycystic ovary syndrome

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 398-401

  Son, Weon Young ^a,b   Lee, Seok Yoon ^a   Chang, Mi Jeong ^a   Yoon, San Hyun ^a   Chian, Ri Cheng ^b   Lim, Jin Ho ^a  

^a Maria Infertility Hospital   (South Korea)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Artificial shrinkage; Blastocyst; HCG; Immature oocytes; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CASE REPORT; CUMULUS OOPHORUS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; METAPHASE; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; THAWING; TWIN PREGNANCY; VITRIFICATION; WARMING;

EID: 14944359724     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)61802-0     Document Type: Article

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