Is assisted hatching beneficial in patients with recurrent implantation failures?

Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 110-112

  Rufas Sapir, O ^a   Stein, A ^b   Orvieto, R ^b   Avrech, O M ^b   Kotler, N ^b   Pinkas, H ^b   Bar, J ^b   Fisch, B ^b  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Assisted hatching; IVF; Repeated implantation failure

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASSISTED HATCHING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIDATION; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; BLASTOCYST; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; MICROMANIPULATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 3042589923     PISSN: 03906663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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