Transfer of two versus three embryos in women less than 40 years old undergoing frozen transfer cycles

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 355-359

  Berin, Inna ^a   Engmann, Lawrence L ^a   Benadiva, Claudio A ^a   Schmidt, David W ^a   Nulsen, John C ^a   Maier, Donald B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

frozen cycle outcome; Frozen embryo transfer; IVF; multiple pregnancy; number of embryos to transfer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; FREEZING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVE BIRTH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC;

EID: 74449085245     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.01.101     Document Type: Article

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