Assisted hatching improves implantation rates on cryopreserved-thawed embryos. A randomized prospective study

Human Reproduction

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2258-2262

  Gabrielsen, A ^a   Agerholm, I ^b   Toft, B ^b   Hald, F ^b   Petersen, K ^a   Aagaard, J ^a   Feldinger, B ^b   Lindenberg, S ^a   Fedder, J ^b  

^a Ciconia Fertility Clinic   (Denmark)

^b HORSENS REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acidic Tyrode's solution; Assisted hatching; Cryospreserved thawed; Implantation rates; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLOW UP; HATCHING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; NIDATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THAWING; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 6444236462     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deh434     Document Type: Article

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