Correlation between embryological factors and pregnancy rate: Development of an embryo score in a cryopreservation programme

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 129-136

  Solé, Miquel ^a   Santaló, Josep ^b   Rodríguez, Ignacio ^a   Boada, Montse ^a   Coroleu, Buenaventura ^a   Barri, Pere N ^a   Veiga, Anna ^a,c  

^a INSTITUT UNIVERSITARI DEXEUS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c Centre de Medicina Regenerativa de Barcelona   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cryopreserved embryos; Embryo score; Embryological parameters; Single embryo transfer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FREEZE THAWING; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MITOSIS; NIDATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SURVIVAL;

BLASTOMERES; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; MITOSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SINGLE EMBRYO TRANSFER;

EID: 79953322617     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-010-9498-0     Document Type: Article

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