Cryopreservation of human embryos at the morula stage and outcomes after transfer

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 108-118

  Tao, Jun ^a   Craig, Randall H ^a   Johnson, Mark ^a   Williams, Brenda ^a   Lewis, Wendy ^a   White, Jennifer ^a   Buehler, Nicole ^a  

^a Fertility Treatment Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryo cryopreservation; frozen embryo transfer; morphological alterations; morula

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FREEZING; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORPHOLOGY; MORULA; NIDATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL RATE; THAWING;

CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MORULA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3242808301     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2003.12.024     Document Type: Article

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