Selection of embryos for day-3 transfer at the pronuclear-stage and pronuclear-stage cryopreservation results in high delivery rates in fresh and frozen cycles

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 271-278

  Hammitt, Diane G ^a   Sattler, Christopher A ^b   Manes, Misty L ^a   Singh, Anita P ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryo cryopreservation; embryo grading; IVF ET; pregnancy rate; zygote grading

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DONATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TWINS; ZYGOTE;

BLASTOCYST; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; OOCYTE DONATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ZYGOTE;

FALLOPIA;

EID: 4544299832     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JARG.0000042013.62311.b2     Document Type: Article

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