Impact of male age on the outcome of assisted reproductive technology cycles using donor oocytes

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 848-856

  Duran, E H ^a   Dowling Lacey, D ^a   Bocca, S ^a   Stadtmauer, L ^a   Oehninger, S ^a  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Donor oocyte; Embryo quality; In vitro fertilization; Live birth rate; Paternal age; Total reproductive potential

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; LEUPRORELIN; NOVAREL; PROGESTERONE; RECOMBINANT CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FREEZE THAWING; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIDATION; OOCYTE DONATION; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77957771773     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2010.03.005     Document Type: Article

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