Interval double transfer improves treatment success in patients with repeated IVF/ET failures

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 353-357

  Almog, B ^a   Levin, I ^b   Wagman, I ^a   Kapustiansky, R ^a   Schwartz, T ^a   Mey Raz, N ^a   Amit, A ^a   Azem, F ^a  

^a LIS MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Interval double transfer; Repeated IVF ET failures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE EMBYRO TRANSFER; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OOCYTE; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 53649086468     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-008-9237-y     Document Type: Article

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