Limited value of morphological assessment at days 1 and 2 to predict blastocyst development potential: A prospective study based on 4042 embryos

Human Reproduction

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1973-1981

  Guerif, F ^a   Le Gouge, A ^b   Giraudeau, B ^b   Poindron, J ^a   Bidault, R ^a   Gasnier, O ^a   Royere, D ^a  

^a CHU BRETONNEAU   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Early cleavage; Embryo morphology; Implantation; Zygote scoring

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; BLASTOCYST; CELL COUNT; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIDATION; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC;

EID: 34447297309     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dem100     Document Type: Article

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