Nuclear status of four-cell preembryos predicts implantation potential in in vitro fertilization treatment cycles

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 584-589

  Saldeen, Pia ^a   Sundström, Per ^a  

^a IVF Clinic CURA   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Implantation potential; In vitro fertilization; Mononucleation; Preembryos; Single embryo transfer

Indexed keywords

BUSERELIN; BUSERELIN ACETATE; CETRORELIX; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; FENTANYL; FOLLIMIN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; LEVONORGESTREL; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PROPOFOL; RECOMBINANT CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; NIDATION; OOCYTE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; BLASTOCYST; CELL NUCLEUS; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 24944442521     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.03.059     Document Type: Article

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