A European multicentre prospective randomized study to assess the use of assisted hatching with a diode laser and the benefit of an immunosuppressive/antibiotic treatment in different patient populations

Human Reproduction

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2325-2333

  Primi, M P ^a   Senn, A ^a   Montag, M ^b   Van der Ven, H ^b   Mandelbaum, J ^c   Veiga, A ^d   Barri, P ^d   Germond, Marc ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^d INSTITUT UNIVERSITARI DEXEUS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diode laser; Hatching; Immunosuppression; Pregnancy rate; Randomized trial

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DOXYCYCLINE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; SUPRACYCLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DIODE LASER; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EUROPE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFERTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NIDATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 6444238902     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deh430     Document Type: Article

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