Impact of day 3 or day 5 embryo transfer on pregnancy rates and multiple gestations

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1717-1720

  Beesley, Ronald ^a   Robinson, Randal ^a   Propst, Anthony ^a   Arthur, Nancy ^a   Retzloff, Matthew ^a  

^a WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

blastocyst transfer; Embryo transfer; multiple gestation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NIDATION; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TWIN PREGNANCY;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67349239335     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.02.003     Document Type: Article

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