Evaluation of a transfer medium containing high concentration of hyaluronan in human in vitro fertilization

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 48-52

  Loutradi, Kalliopi E ^a   Prassas, Ioannis ^b   Bili, Eleni ^a,b   Sanopoulou, Thomai ^b   Bontis, Ioannis ^a,b   Tarlatzis, Basil C ^a,b  

^a PAPAGEORGIOU GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b Blue Cross IVF/Infertility Centre   (Greece)

Author keywords

Albumin; embryo transfer; hyaluronan; pregnancy rates

Indexed keywords

HUMAN SERUM ALBUMIN; HYALURONIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARITAL THERAPY; OOCYTE; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; CULTURE MEDIA; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GREECE; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; INFERTILITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845878249     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.05.060     Document Type: Article

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