Postthaw blastomere survival is predictive of the success of frozen-thawed embryo transfer cycles

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 821-826

  Pal, Lubna ^a   Kovacs, Peter ^a   Witt, Barry ^a   Jindal, Sangita ^a   Santoro, Nanette ^a   Barad, David ^a  

^a Div Repro Endocrinol Infertility   (United States)

Author keywords

blastomere; cryopreservation; Embryo; FET; IVF; survival

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL VALERATE; GONADORELIN AGONIST; GONADOTROPIN; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BLASTOMERE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FREEZING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIDATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; THAWING;

ADULT; BLASTOMERES; CELL SURVIVAL; COHORT STUDIES; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 5144222810     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.02.136     Document Type: Article

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