Outcome of closed blastocyst vitrification in relation to blastocyst quality: Evaluation of 759 warming cycles in a single-embryo transfer policy

Human Reproduction

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 527-534

  Van Landuyt, L ^a   Stoop, D ^a   Verheyen, G ^a   Verpoest, W ^a   Camus, M ^a   Van De Velde, H ^a   Devroey, P ^a   Van Den Abbeel, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

blastocyst; cryopreservation; IVF; SET; vitrification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL EXPANSION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; OOCYTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY RATE; SURVIVAL RATE; VITRIFICATION; WARMING;

EID: 79951563368     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deq374     Document Type: Article

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