Embryo quality and impact of specific embryo characteristics on ongoing implantation in unselected embryos derived from modified natural cycle in vitro fertilization

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 527-534

  Pelinck, Marie José ^a   Hoek, Annemieke ^a   Simons, Arnold H M ^a   Heineman, Maas Jan ^a,b   van Echten Arends, Janny ^a   Arts, Eus G J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

embryo quality; embryo score; IVF; modified natural cycle; natural cycle; single embryo transfer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIDATION; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; BLASTOCYST; BLASTOMERES; CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GIANT CELLS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SINGLE EMBRYO TRANSFER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953708540     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.03.076     Document Type: Article

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