Influence of embryo sex on development to the blastocyst stage and euploidy

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 936-939

  Eaton, Jennifer L ^a,b   Hacker, Michele R ^a,b   Barrett, C Brent ^c   Thornton, Kim L ^a,b,c   Penzias, Alan S ^a,b,c  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BOSTON IVF   (United States)

Author keywords

aneuploidy; ART outcomes; assisted reproductive technology; blastocyst; euploidy; in vitro fertilization; Preimplantation genetic screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CHROMOSOME 14; CHROMOSOME 15; CHROMOSOME 16; CHROMOSOME 17; CHROMOSOME 18; CHROMOSOME 19; CHROMOSOME 20; CHROMOSOME 21; CHROMOSOME 22; CHROMOSOME 8; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE 46,XX; KARYOTYPE 46,XY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

BLASTOCYST; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; MALE; PLOIDIES; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX PRESELECTION;

EID: 79951943214     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.06.063     Document Type: Article

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