Stimulation of endometrium embryo transfer can improve implantation and pregnancy rates for patients undergoing assisted reproductive technology for the first time with a high-grade blastocyst

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1264-1268

  Goto, Sakae ^a   Kadowaki, Takashi ^b   Hashimoto, Hiromi ^a   Kokeguchi, Shoji ^a   Shiotani, Masahide ^a  

^a Hanabusa Women's Clinic   (Japan)

^b SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

blastocyst transfer; cross talk; embryo culture supernatant; SEET

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STIMULATION OF ENDOMETRIUM EMBRYO TRANSFER; SUPERNATANT;

ADULT; BLASTOCYST; CULTURE MEDIA; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349466714     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.08.076     Document Type: Article

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