Effects of assisted hatching method and age on implantation rates of IVF and ICSI

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 261-267

  Ghobara, Tarek S ^a   Cahill, D J ^a   Ford, W C L ^a   Collyer, H M ^a   Wilson, P E ^a   Al Nuaim, L ^b   Jenkins, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Assisted hatching; ICSI; Implantation; IVF; Partial and total assisted hatching

Indexed keywords

BUSERELIN; FOLLITROPIN; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; PROGESTERONE; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HATCHING; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; NIDATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OVARY INSUFFICIENCY; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY RATE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 33747043050     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60624-4     Document Type: Article

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