Elective single cleavage-stage embryo transfer need not result in lower pregnancy rates compared to double cleavage-stage embryo transfer

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 777-782

  Nakagawa, Koji ^a   Nishi, Yayoi ^a   Sugiyama, Rie ^a   Kuribayashi, Yasushi ^a   Sugiyama, Rikikazu ^a   Inoue, Masato ^a  

^a Sugiyama Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

double embryo transfer; multiple pregnancy; single embryo transfer; thawed embryo transfer

Indexed keywords

BUSERECUR; BUSERELIN ACETATE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTROGEN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; GONATROPIN; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE CAPROATE; PROGESTERONE; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE CLEAVAGE STAGE EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SINGLE CLEAVAGE STAGE EMBRYO TRANSFER; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; ADULT; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954914061     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2010.01213.x     Document Type: Article

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