Blastocyst transfer and gender: IVF versus ICSI

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 433-436

  Hentemann, Martha Agnes ^a   Briskemyr, Siri ^a   Bertheussen, Kjell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Blastocyst culture; IVF ICSI; Sequential culture media; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES;

EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX RATIO; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC;

EID: 72349085240     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-009-9337-3     Document Type: Article

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