The value of fast blastocoele re-expansion in the selection of a viable thawed blastocyst for transfer

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 401-406

  Shu, Yimin ^a   Watt, Jill ^a   Gebhardt, Janice ^a   Dasig, Jennifer ^a   Appling, Julie ^a   Behr, Barry ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

blastocoele re expansion; Blastocyst; cryopreservation; embryo viability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO DEATH; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; NIDATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; THAWING;

ADULT; BLASTOCYST; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 59249091273     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.11.083     Document Type: Article

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