A randomized, prospective study comparing laser-assisted hatching and assisted hatching using acidified medium

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1450-1457

  Lanzendorf, Susan E ^a   Ratts, Valerie S ^a   Moley, Kelle H ^a   Goldstein, Jerald S ^a   Dahan, Michael H ^a   Odem, Randall R ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

acidified medium; IVF; Laser assisted hatching

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HATCHING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NIDATION; OVARY INSUFFICIENCY; PATIENT CARE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; LASERS; OVULATION INDUCTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34249726246     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.11.030     Document Type: Article

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