Outcome of in vitro fertilization treatment in patients who electively inseminate a limited number of oocytes to avoid creating surplus human embryos for cryopreservation

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1406-1410

  Engmann, Lawrence ^a   Siano, Linda ^a   Schmidt, David ^a   Benadiva, Claudio ^a   Maier, Donald ^a   Nulsen, John ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Avoiding surplus embryos; Cryopreservation; In vitro fertilization; Limited insemination of oocytes; Poor responders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BIRTH RATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; NIDATION; OOCYTE DONATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; SAMPLE SIZE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 27644461236     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.05.025     Document Type: Article

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