Should the practice of double blastocyst transfer be abandoned? A retrospective analysis

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 677-683

  Vlaisavljevic, Veljko ^a   Dmitrovic, Romana ^b   Sajko, Mojca Cizek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^b Nova Gradiska General Hospital   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Blastocyst transfer; Embryo transfer; IVF; Multiple pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ALGESTONE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DABROSTON; FOLLITROPIN; GESTAGEN; GONADORELIN; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; RECOMBINANT CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; DOUBLE BLASTOCYST TRANSFER; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NIDATION; OOCYTE MATURATION; OOCYTE TRANSPORT; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 44249112141     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60482-8     Document Type: Article

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