Impact of assisted hatching on fresh and frozen-thawed embryo transfer cycles: A prospective, randomized study

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 589-596

  Ge, Hong Shan ^a   Zhou, Wei ^a   Zhang, Wei ^a   Lin, Jin Jun ^a  

^a WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Assisted hatching; Fresh cycle; Frozen thawed cycle; Implantation; Pregnancy rates

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FREEZE THAWING; HATCHING; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LASER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIDATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 42449087364     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60466-X     Document Type: Article

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