Sequential transfer of day 3 embryos and blastocysts after previous IVF failures despite adequate ovarian response

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 376-379

  Machtinger, Ronit ^a,b   Dor, Jehoshua ^a,b   Margolin, Matbeii ^a,b   Levron, Jacob ^a,b   Baum, Micha ^a,b   Ferber, Betty ^a,b   Shulman, Adrian ^a,b   Bider, David ^a,b   Seidman, Daniel S ^a,b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Blastocysts; Day 3 embryo transfer; IVF failures; Sequential transfer

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NIDATION; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY FUNCTION; PREGNANCY RATE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 33748595572     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)61442-3     Document Type: Article

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