Mechanically expanding the zona pellucida of human frozen thawed embryos: A new method of assisted hatching

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1302-1307

  Fang, Cong ^a   Li, Tao ^a   Miao, Ben Yu ^a   Zhuang, Guang Lun ^a   Zhou, Canquan ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Assisted hatching; frozen thawed embryo; implantation; zona pellucida

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FREEZE THAWING; HATCHING; HUMAN; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEEDLE; NIDATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ZONA PELLUCIDA; ADULT; ANIMAL EMBRYO; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYO CULTURE; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FREEZING; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MALE; MECHANICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; TEMPERATURE;

ADULT; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FREEZING; HUMANS; MALE; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; TEMPERATURE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 77956181424     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.08.014     Document Type: Article

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