Day 4 embryo selection is equal to Day 5 using a new embryo scoring system validated in single embryo transfers

Human Reproduction

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1505-1510

  Feil, Deanne ^a,b   Henshaw, Richard C ^b   Lane, Michelle ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b Repromed   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blastocyst culture; Embryo selection; ICSI; IVF; Single embryo transfer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS HEART; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; PREGNANCY RATE; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 44949241539     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dem419     Document Type: Article

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