Day 3 compared with day 2 cryopreservation does not affect embryo survival but improves the outcome of frozen-thawed embryo transfers

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1537-1540

  Sifer, Christophe ^a   Sellami, Afifa ^a   Poncelet, Christophe ^b   Martin Pont, Brigitte ^a   Porcher, Raphael ^c   Hugues, Jean Noel ^b   Wolf, Jean Philippe ^a  

^a AP HP hÔpital Jean Verdier   (France)

^b HÔPITAL JEAN VERDIER   (France)

^c SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUPERNUMERARY CHROMOSOME;

ADULT; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750168365     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.03.046     Document Type: Article

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