Early pregnancy loss is sinigficantly higher after day 3 single embryo transfer than after day 5 single blastocyst transfer in GnRH antagonist stimulated IVF cycles

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 60-65

  Papanikolaou, E G ^a   Camus, M ^a   Fatemi, H M ^a   Tournaye, H ^a   Verheyen, G ^a   Van Steirteghem, Andre ^a   Devroey, Paul ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Day 3 embryo transfer; Early pregnancy loss; GnRH antagonist; SET

Indexed keywords

CETRORELIX; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; GANIRELIX; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; PROGESTERONE; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFERTILITY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIDATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

EID: 30944447492     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60981-9     Document Type: Article

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