High outcome predictability after IVF using a combined score for zygote and embryo morphology and growth rate

Human Reproduction

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 2402-2409

  De Placido, Giuseppe ^a   Wilding, Martin ^a,b   Strina, Ida ^a   Alviggi, Erminia ^a   Alviggi, Carlo ^a   Mollo, Antonio ^a   Varicchio, Maria Teresa ^a   Tolino, Achille ^a   Schiattarella, Cristina ^a   Dale, Brian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b Centre for Reproductive Biology   (Italy)

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction; Embryo score; Human embryo; IVF; Single embryo transfer

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; TRIPTORELIN;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORPHOLOGY; NIDATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY RATE; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; SCORING SYSTEM; UTERUS; ZYGOTE;

EID: 18544362970     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/17.9.2402     Document Type: Article

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