The efficacy of the transfer of twice frozen-thawed embryos with the vitrification method

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 383-386

  Kumasako, Yoko ^a   Otsu, Eiko ^a   Utsunomiya, Takafumi ^a   Araki, Yasuhisa ^b  

^a St Luke Clinic   (Japan)

^b The Institute for Advanced Reproductive Medical Technology   (Japan)

Author keywords

OHSS; PCOS; refrozen embryos; Supernumerary embryo; vitrification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FREEZING; HUMAN; NIDATION; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THAWING; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITRIFICATION;

ADULT; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 59249092675     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.11.079     Document Type: Article

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