Extended embryo culture to increase implantation rate

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 375-383

  Quea, Guillermo ^a   Romero, K ^a   Garcia Velasco, Juan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Blastocyst transfer; Multiple pregnancies; Sequential culture media

Indexed keywords

CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENETIC SCREENING; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NIDATION; REVIEW; TWIN PREGNANCY;

EID: 33947520699     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60882-6     Document Type: Review

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