Twice-frozen embryos are no detriment to pregnancy success: A retrospective comparative study

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 58-62

  Koch, Juliette ^a,b   Costello, Michael F ^a,b   Chapman, Michael G ^a,c   Kilani, Suha ^a  

^a IVFAustralia   (Australia)

^b ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

infertility; IVF ICSI; live birth rate; pregnancy rate; Twice frozen embryos

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LIVE BIRTH; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; BIRTH RATE; COHORT STUDIES; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79959892861     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.04.034     Document Type: Article

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