Blastocyst embryo transfer is associated with a sex-ratio imbalance in favor of male offspring

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 519-523

  Luna, Martha ^a,b   Duke, Marlena ^a,b   Copperman, Alan ^a,b   Grunfeld, Lawrence ^a,b   Sandler, Benjamin ^a,b   Barritt, Jason ^a,b  

^a New York Assoc Blind   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; DELIVERY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; OOCYTE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO;

CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX RATIO;

EID: 33847701295     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.06.058     Document Type: Article

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