Clinical-pregnancy outcome after vitrification of blastocysts produced from in vitro maturation cycles

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1449-1451

  Lee, Seok Yoon ^a   Son, Weon Young ^b   Yoon, San Hyun ^a   Lim, Jin Ho ^a  

^a Maria Infertility Hospital   (South Korea)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FICOLL; FOLLITROPIN; RECOMBINANT EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO MATURATION; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITRIFICATION;

ADULT; BLASTOCYST; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

EID: 35648961358     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.01.018     Document Type: Article

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