Top quality embryos at day 2: A prerequisite for single blastocyst transfer? An observational cohort study in women under 36

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 443-449

  Guerif, Fabrice ^a,b,c   Lemseffer, Malak ^a,b,c   Blanchard, Milène ^a,b,c   Royere, Dominique ^a,b,c  

^a CHU BRETONNEAU   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Cumulative delivery; Multiple delivery; Single blastocyst transfer; Top quality embryo

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BLASTOCYST; COHORT STUDIES; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 72349092325     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-009-9345-3     Document Type: Article

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