Frozen-thawed blastocyst transfer reduces ectopic pregnancy risk: An analysis of single embryo transfer cycles in Japan

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1966-1969

  Ishihara, Osamu ^a   Kuwahara, Akira ^b   Saitoh, Hidekazu ^c  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

Author keywords

blastocyst; ectopic pregnancy; Frozen thawed embryo transfer; single embryo transfer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; FREEZE THAWING; FREEZING; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; JAPAN; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; DOWN-REGULATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FREEZING; HUMANS; JAPAN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SINGLE EMBRYO TRANSFER;

EID: 79955006054     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.02.015     Document Type: Article

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