Single embryo transfer in preimplantation genetic diagnosis cycles for women <36 years does not reduce delivery rate

Human Reproduction

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1021-1025

  Donoso, P ^a   Verpoest, W ^a   Papanikolaou, E G ^a   Liebaers, I ^b   Fatemi, H M ^a   Sermon, K ^b   Staessen, C ^b   Van Der Elst, J ^a   Devroey, P ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

ICSI; Multiple pregnancy; Preimplantation genetic diagnosis; Single embryo transfer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; DELIVERY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; LAW; LUTEAL PHASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MONOGENIC DISORDER; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE EMBRYO TRANSFER; GENE TRANSLOCATION; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LEGAL ASPECT; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; OOCYTE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMANS; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; PREIMPLANTATION DIAGNOSIS; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34347249183     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/del470     Document Type: Article

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