Embryo selection criteria based on morphology VERSUS the expression of a biochemical marker (sHLA-G) and a graduated embryo score: Prediction of pregnancy outcome

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 309-316

  Kotze, Dirk J ^a,b   Hansen, Polly ^a   Keskintepe, Levent ^a   Snowden, Ellen ^a   Sher, Geoffrey ^a,c   Kruger, Thinus ^b  

^a Sher Institute for Reproductive Medicine   (United States)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Implantation; Miscarriage; Pregnancy; sHLA G

Indexed keywords

HLA G ANTIGEN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HLA ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO (ANATOMY); EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GRADUATED EMBRYO SCORING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; NIDATION; OOCYTE; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCORING SYSTEM; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ANIMAL EMBRYO; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; HLA-G ANTIGENS;

EID: 77956488448     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-010-9403-x     Document Type: Article

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