Live birth sex ratios are not influenced by blastocyst-stage embryo transfer

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 913-917

  Csokmay, John M ^a   Hill, Micah J ^b   Cioppettini, Frank V ^c   Miller, Kathleen A ^c   Scott Jr , Richard T ^c   Frattarelli, John L ^c  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b BLANCHFIELD ARMY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE ASSOCIATES OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

blastocyst; gender ratio; IVF outcomes; live birth; PGS; pregnancy; Sex ratio; sex selection

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; LEUPRORELIN; NOVAREL; RECOMBINANT CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; BLASTOCYST STAGE EMBRYO TRANSFER; CHROMOSOME 13; CHROMOSOME 15; CHROMOSOME 16; CHROMOSOME 17; CHROMOSOME 18; CHROMOSOME 21; CHROMOSOME 22; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

ADULT; BLASTOCYST; COHORT STUDIES; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; LIVE BIRTH; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX RATIO;

EID: 69049089115     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.07.1741     Document Type: Article

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