Clinical experiences of ICSI-ET thawing cycles with embryos cryopreserved at different developmental stages

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 185-190

  Konc, Janos ^a   Kanyó, Katalin ^a   Cseh, Sandor ^a,b  

^a ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL   (Hungary)

^b Laboratory for Andrology and Assisted Reproduction FVS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; BMI; Cleavage stages; Developmental stages; Embryo cryopreservation; Glycerol; Propanadiol

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BLASTOCYST; BODY MASS; CRYOPRESERVATION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; NIDATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THAWING;

BODY MASS INDEX; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 20944445356     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-005-4920-8     Document Type: Article

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