Better perinatal outcomes following transfer of fresh blastocysts and blastocysts cultured from thawed cleavage embryos: A population-based study

Human Reproduction

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1536-1542

  Wang, Yueping Alex ^a   Chapman, Michael ^a   Costello, Michael ^a   Sullivan, Elizabeth Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Embryo development; Fresh thawed embryo; Live delivery; Perinatal outcome; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BABY; BIRTH; BLASTOCYST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FREEZING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MODEL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL PERIOD; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SURVIVAL; THAWING;

EID: 77952808301     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deq067     Document Type: Article

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