Day 2 transfer improves pregnancy outcome in in vitro fertilization cycles with few available embryos

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 44-50

  Shen, Shehua ^a   Rosen, Mitchell P ^a   Dobson, Anthony T ^a   Fujimoto, Victor Y ^a   McCulloch, Charles E ^a   Cedars, Marcelle I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryo transfer; implantation rates; pregnancy rates; spontaneous abortion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYONAL TISSUE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MATERNAL AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STIMULATION;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLE SIZE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745490424     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.12.020     Document Type: Article

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