Initial experience with a donor egg bank

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 497.e1-497.e4

  Akin, James W ^a   Bell, Katrina A ^b   Thomas, Diana ^c   Boldt, Jeffrey ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b Bluegrass Fertility Center   (United States)

^c CryoEggs International LP   (United States)

^d Podiatry   (United States)

Author keywords

Donor egg bank; donor egg IVF; oocyte cryopreservation

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; FREEZING; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; NIDATION; OOCYTE DONATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547782707     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.11.058     Document Type: Article

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