Treating women under 36 years old without top-quality embryos on day 2: A prospective study comparing double embryo transfer with single blastocyst transfer

Human Reproduction

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 775-781

  Guerif, F ^a,b,c,d   Frapsauce, C ^a,b,c,d   Chavez, C ^a   Cadoret, V ^a,b,c,d   Royere, D ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF TOURS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^c UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

blastocyst; cleavage stage embryo; delivery; implantation; multiple deliveries

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DELIVERY; DOUBLE EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE INFERTILITY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE BLASTOCYST TRANSFER;

EID: 79952853431     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/der020     Document Type: Article

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