Comparing thaw survival, implantation and live birth rates from cryopreserved zygotes, embryos and blastocysts

Journal of Human Reproductive Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-28

  Pavone, Mary ^a   Innes, Joy ^a   Hirshfeld Cytron, Jennifer ^a   Kazer, Ralph ^a   Zhang, John ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; embryo cryopreservation; frozen embryo transfer; implantation; in vitro fertilization; slow freeze; zygote

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FISHER EXACT TEST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; OVARY INSUFFICIENCY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; ZYGOTE;

EID: 79960250621     PISSN: 09741208     EISSN: 19984766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-1208.82356     Document Type: Article

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