Comparative analysis of pregnancy rates after the transfer of early dividing embryos versus slower dividing embryos

Human Reproduction

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1155-1162

  Windt, M L ^a   Kruger, T F ^a   Coetzee, K ^a   Lombard, C J ^b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

2 cell stage embryos; Early dividing embryos; ICSI; Pregnancy; Tubal embryo transfer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BABY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREGNANCY RATE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UTERINE TUBE;

EID: 2442619280     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deh208     Document Type: Article

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