How to improve ART results? Is France behind other countries? Strategy for single embryo transfer: the value of embryo selection and embryo freezing;Comment améliorer nos résultats en AMP ? La France est-elle en retard ? Stratégie de transfert de l'embryon unique : la place du choix de l'embryon et de la congélation embryonnaire

Gynecologie Obstetrique et Fertilite

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 786-792

  Terriou, P ^a   Giorgetti, C ^a   Hans, E ^a   Salzmann, J ^a   Charles, O ^a   Cignetti, L ^a   Avon, C ^a   Roulier, R ^a  

^a Institut de Medecine de la Reproduction   (France)

Author keywords

Assisted Reproductive Techniques (ART); ICSI; IVF; Single embryo transfer (SET)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EUROPE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FRANCE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; PREGNANCY RATE; TWIN PREGNANCY;

EID: 33748766897     PISSN: 12979589     EISSN: 17696682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gyobfe.2006.07.004     Document Type: Article

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