Cumulative embryo score, not endometrial thickness, is best for pregnancy prediction in IVF

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 47-50

  Laasch, Cassie ^a,c   Puscheck, Elizabeth ^b  

^a ST JOHN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryo quality; Endometrial thickness; ICSI; In vitro fertilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; THICKNESS;

CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC;

EID: 3543075217     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JARG.0000025937.43936.73     Document Type: Review

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