Pregnancy rates after transfer of cryopreserved blastocysts cultured in a sequential media

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 192, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2035-2039

  Kosasa, Thomas S ^a,b   McNamee, Philip I ^a   Morton, Carl ^a   Huang, Thomas T F ^a   Kettel, Michael ^b   Paulson, Richard ^b   Burry, Kenneth ^b   Adamson, David ^b   Rowles, Roger ^b   Henderson, Simon ^b   Garzo, Gabriel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Cryopreservation; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL VALERATE; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; LEUPRORELIN; PROGESTERONE; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; BLASTOCYST; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DILUTION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FETUS HEART RATE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THAWING;

EID: 20444487416     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2005.02.036     Document Type: Conference Paper

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