Evaluation of possible criteria for elective single embryo transfer

Reproductive Medicine and Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 107-113

  Sato, Wataru ^a   Fukuda, Jun ^b   Kanamori, Kyoko ^a   Kawamura, Kazuhiro ^a   Kumagai, Jin ^a   Kodama, Hideya ^c   Tanaka, Toshinobu ^a  

^a Akita University: 1 1 1 Hondo   (Japan)

^b Akita City Hosp   (Japan)

^c AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Assisted reproductive technology; Clinical pregnancy rate; Elective single embryo transfer; In vitro fertilization; Multiple gestation rate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SINGLE EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 77954886939     PISSN: 14455781     EISSN: 14470578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12522-010-0047-4     Document Type: Article

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