Perinatal outcome of twice-frozen-thawed embryo transfers: A clinical follow-up study

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2648-2650

  Murakami, Masao ^a,b   Egashira, Akiyoshi ^a,b   Murakami, Kimiko ^a   Araki, Yasuhisa ^c   Kuramoto, Takeshi ^a  

^a Kuramoto Women's Clinic   (Japan)

^b Fukuoka Research Institute for Reproductive Medicine   (Japan)

^c Institute for Advanced Reproductive Medical Technology   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; frozen thawed ET; perinatal outcome; re cryopreservation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLOW UP; FREEZE THAWING; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BLASTOCYST; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIVE BIRTH; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REWARMING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959768608     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.12.038     Document Type: Article

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