Clinical pregnancy and live births after transfer of embryos vitrified on day 3

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 808-813

  Desai, Nina ^a   AbdelHafez, Faten ^a   Bedaiwy, Mohamed A ^a   Goldberg, Jeffrey ^a   Falcone, Tommaso ^a   Goldfarb, James ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Cryoloop; Cryopreservation; Embryo; Neonatal outcome; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPLANTATION; LIVE BIRTH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; PROGNOSIS; SAFETY; THERAPY EFFECT; TWIN PREGNANCY; VITRIFICATION;

EID: 77957805707     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2010.02.010     Document Type: Article

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