Preimplantation genetic screening: A systematic review and meta-analysis of RCTs

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 454-466

  Mastenbroek, S ^a   Twisk, M ^a   van der Veen, F ^a   Repping, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aneuploidy; IVF; Live birth; Meta analysis; Preimplantation genetic screening

Indexed keywords

ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BIRTH RATE; BLASTOMERE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS DEATH; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; INNER CELL MASS; LIVE BIRTH; MATERNAL AGE; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; MOSAICISM; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NIDATION; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY CYCLE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECURRENT DISEASE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRISOMY 18; TRISOMY 21; TWIN PREGNANCY; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ADULT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; LIVE BIRTH; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PREIMPLANTATION DIAGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 79958734907     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: 14602369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/dmr003     Document Type: Article

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