Construction of an evidence-based integrated morphology cleavage embryo score for implantation potential of embryos scored and transferred on day 2 after oocyte retrieval

Human Reproduction

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 548-557

  Holte, Jan ^a   Berglund, L ^b   Milton, K ^a   Garello, C ^c   Gennarelli, G ^c   Revelli, A ^c   Bergh, T ^a  

^a Carl von Linne Kliniken   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Embryo morphology; Embryo score; Implantation potential; Prediction

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NIDATION; OOCYTE DONATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TWINS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 33846545722     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/del403     Document Type: Article

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