Embryonic factors affecting outcome from single cryopreserved embryo transfer

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 718-723

  Edgar, David H ^a,b   Archer, Janell ^a   McBain, John ^a   Bourne, Harold ^a  

^a Murdoch Childrens Research Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blastomere division; Blastomere loss; Cryopreserved embryo; Implantation rate; Single embryo transfer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO (ANATOMY); EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FREEZE THAWING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NIDATION; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREGNANCY RATE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THAWING;

EID: 34250779421     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60674-8     Document Type: Article

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