High pregnancy rates can be achieved after freezing and thawing human blastocysts

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1418-1427

  Veeck, Lucinda L ^a   Bodine, Richard ^a   Clarke, Robert N ^a   Berrios, Rosemary ^a   Libraro, Joanne ^a   Moschini, Rose Marie ^a   Zaninovic, Nikica ^a   Rosenwaks, Zev ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

blastocyst; Cryopreservation; freeze; thaw

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL STIMULATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FREEZING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFERTILITY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NIDATION; OOCYTE; OVARY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THAWING; TWINS;

ADULT; BLASTOCYST; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRIPLETS; TWINS; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 7944236034     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.03.068     Document Type: Article

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