Live birth rates after transfer of equal number of blastocysts or cleavage-stage embryos in IVF. A systematic review and meta-analysis

Human Reproduction

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 91-99

  Papanikolaou, Evangelos G ^a   Kolibianakis, Efstratios M ^a   Tournaye, Herman ^a   Venetis, Christos A ^a   Fatemi, Human ^a   Tarlatzis, Basil ^a   Devroey, Paul ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Cleavage stage; Embryo transfer; Live birth rate; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; BLASTOCYST; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PEER REVIEW; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PROBABILITY; RISK; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; FEMALE; LIVE BIRTH; PREGNANCY; REVIEW;

BIRTH RATE; BLASTOCYST; CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; LIVE BIRTH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE;

EID: 40549096065     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dem339     Document Type: Article

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