Laser versus mechanical assisted hatching: a prospective study of clinical outcomes

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1596-1600

  Makrakis, Evangelos ^a   Angeli, Irene ^a   Agapitou, Kristi ^a   Pappas, Konstantinos ^b   Dafereras, Alex ^c   Pantos, Konstantinos ^a  

^a Center for Human Reproduction   (Greece)

^b Mitera Maternity Clinic   (Greece)

^c Mitrotita Medical Diagnostic Center for Human Reproduction   (Greece)

Author keywords

Assisted hatching; assisted reproductive technologies; laser assisted hatching; zona pellucida

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HATCHING; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LASER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; NIDATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLE SIZE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ADULT; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GREECE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LASERS; MECHANICS; MICRODISSECTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33751162612     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.05.031     Document Type: Article

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