Early cleavage: An additional predictor of high implantation rate following elective single embryo transfer

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 85-91

  Giorgetti, Claude ^a   Hans, E ^a   Terriou, P ^a   Salzmann, J ^a   Barry, B ^a   Chabert Orsini, V ^a   Chinchole, J M ^a   Franquebalme, J P ^a   Glowaczower, E ^a   Sitri, M C ^a   Thibault, M C ^a   Roulier, R ^a  

^a Institut de Medecine de la Reproduction   (France)

Author keywords

Embryo score; ICSI; IVF; Pregnancy rate; Single embryo transfer; Twin pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CETRORELIX; TRIPTORELIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMBRYO SEGMENTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIDATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 33846483028     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60768-7     Document Type: Article

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