Impact of the size of zona pellucida thinning area on vitrified-warmed cleavage-stage embryo transfers: A prospective, randomized study

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 26, Issue 9-10, 2009, Pages 515-521

  Hiraoka, Kenichiro ^a   Hiraoka, Kaori ^a   Horiuchi, Toshitaka ^b   Kusuda, Tomoyo ^a   Okano, Shinichiro ^a   Kinutani, Masayuki ^a   Kinutani, Kazuo ^a  

^a Kinutani Women's Clinic   (Japan)

^b PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HIROSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cleavage stage embryo transfer; Laser assisted hatching; Vitrification; Zona pellucida thinning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HATCHING; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VITRIFICATION; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ADULT; BLASTOMERES; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; LASERS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 77249140450     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-009-9350-6     Document Type: Article

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