Prospective evaluation of the optimal time for selecting a single embryo for transfer: day 3 versus day 5

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 244-246

  Zech, Nicolas H ^a   Lejeune, Bernard ^b   Puissant, Francoise ^b   Vanderzwalmen, Sabine ^b   Zech, Herbert ^a   Vanderzwalmen, Pierre ^a,b  

^a Institute for Reproductive Medicine and Endocrinology   (Austria)

^b Centre Hospitalier interregional Edith Cavell   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34347238981     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.11.070     Document Type: Article

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