How to demonstrate that eSET does not compromise the likelihood of having a baby?

Human Reproduction

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3073-3081

  Bechoua, S ^a,b   Astruc, K ^a   Thouvenot, S ^a   Girod, S ^a   Chiron, A ^a   Jimenez, C ^a,b   Sagot, P ^a,b,c  

^a DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^c Centre D'Epidémiologie des Populations   (France)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Elective single embryo transfer; IVF ICSI outcome; Multiple pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DOUBLE EMBRYO TRANSFER; ELECTIVE SINGLE EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 71949098818     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dep321     Document Type: Article

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