Comparison of laser-assisted hatching and acidified Tyrode's hatching by evaluation of blastocyst development rates in sibling embryos: A prospective randomized trial

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 487-491

  Jones, Amy E ^a,b   Wright, Graham ^a   Kort, Hilton I ^a   Straub, Robert J ^a   Nagy, Zsolt P ^a  

^a REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b Nashville Breast Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Acidified Tyrode's hatching; Blastocyst development; Laser assisted hatching; Preimplantation genetic diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BLASTOCYST; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HATCHING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INNER CELL MASS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; BLASTOCYST; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ISOTONIC SOLUTIONS; LASERS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PREIMPLANTATION DIAGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 31644439705     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.07.1314     Document Type: Article

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