Blastocyst stage transfer vs cleavage stage embryo transfer

Journal of Human Reproductive Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-26

  Mangalraj, Ann M ^a   Muthukumar, K ^a   Aleyamma, T K ^a   Kamath, Mohan S ^a   George, Korula ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Blastocyst stage embryo; Cleavage stage embryo; In vitro fertilization intracytoplasmic sperm injection; Pregnancy rates

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIDATION; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THERAPY EFFECT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 77953432633     PISSN: 09741208     EISSN: 19984766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-1208.51339     Document Type: Article

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