Efficacy of a human embryo transfer medium: A prospective, randomized clinical trial study

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 207-212

  Valojerdi, Mojtaba Rezazadeh ^a,b   Karimian, Lila ^a   Yazdi, Poopak Eftekhari ^a   Gilani, Mohammad Ali Sadighi ^a   Madani, Tahereh ^a   Baghestani, Ahmad Reza ^a  

^a ROYAN INSTITUTE FOR REPRODUCTIVE BIOMEDICINE   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Clinical pregnancy rate; Embryoglue ; Implantation rate; Recurrent implantation failures; Tubal factors

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; HYALURONIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL SELECTION; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GAMETE INTRAFALLOPIAN TRANSFER; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UTERINE TUBE;

ADULT; AMINO ACIDS; CULTURE MEDIA; EDETIC ACID; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC;

EID: 33745630634     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-006-9031-7     Document Type: Article

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