Predictive factors for embryo implantation potential

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 653-668

  Borini, Andrea ^a   Lagalla, Cristina ^a   Cattoli, Monica ^a   Sereni, Elena ^a   Sciajno, Raffaella ^a   Flamigni, Carlo ^b   Coticchio, Giovanni ^a  

^a Tecnobios Procreazione   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blastocyst culture; Embryo implantation; Embryo transfer; IVF; Oocyte quality; Perifollicular vascularity

Indexed keywords

ANEUPLOIDY; BLASTOCYST; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NIDATION; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGNOSIS; PRONUCLEUS; REVIEW; VASCULARIZATION; ZYGOTE;

EID: 18444405562     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)61675-6     Document Type: Review

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