Favorable pregnancy, delivery, and implantation rates experienced in embryo donation programs in the United States

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1077-1080

  Keenan, Jeffrey ^a   Finger, Reginald ^a   Check, Jerome H ^b   Daly, Douglas ^c   Dodds, William ^d   Stoddart, Ron ^e  

^a National Embryo Donation Center   (United States)

^b Department of Endoscopic Surgery   (United States)

^c Grand Rapids Fertility and IVF   (United States)

^d Michigan Reproductive and IVF Center   (United States)

^e Nightlight Christian Adoptions   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryo donation; implantation potential; implantation rate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NIDATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STILLBIRTH; UNITED STATES;

DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETAL TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFERTILITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 53149100138     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.07.1327     Document Type: Article

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