Blastocyst development rate impacts outcome in cryopreserved blastocyst transfer cycles

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2138-2143

  Levens, Eric D ^a,b,c   Whitcomb, Brian W ^c   Hennessy, Sasha ^d   James, Aidita N ^d   Yauger, Belinda J ^a,b,c   Larsen, Frederick W ^a,b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^d Washington Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

day 5 versus day 6; embryo transfer; Frozen thawed blastocyst cycle

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; LEUPRORELIN; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVULATION INHIBITION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THAWING;

ADULT; BLASTOCYST; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; LIVE BIRTH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 56949105858     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.10.029     Document Type: Article

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