A prospective, randomized, double-blinded study of assisted hatching in women younger than 38 years undergoing in vitro fertilization

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 586-591

  Hagemann, Andrea R ^a   Lanzendorf, Susan E ^a   Jungheim, Emily S ^a   Chang, Aimee S ^a   Ratts, Valerie S ^a   Odem, Randall R ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

clinical trial; In vitro fertilization; pregnancy; zona pellucida

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HATCHING; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NIDATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LIVE BIRTH; PATIENT SELECTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 74449090333     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.01.116     Document Type: Article

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