A prospective randomized study to assess the benefit of partial zona pellucida digestion before frozen-thawed embryo transfers

Human Reproduction

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2384-2389

  Sifer, C ^a   Sellami, A ^a   Poncelet, C ^a   Kulski, P ^a   Martin Pont, B ^a   Bottero, J ^b   Porcher, R ^b   Cedrin Durnerin, I ^a   Hugues, J N ^a   Wolf, Jean Philippe ^a  

^a HÔPITAL JEAN VERDIER   (France)

^b SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Frozen thawed embryo transfers outcome; Partial digestion; Zona pellucida

Indexed keywords

PRONASE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CELL SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENZYME DEGRADATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FREEZE THAWING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFERTILITY; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIDATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; THICKNESS; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 33749574762     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/del149     Document Type: Article

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